All play synonyms
play
P p verb play
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- clanging β a clanging sound.
- funning β something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- jitter β jitters, nervousness; a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usually preceded by the): Every time I have to make a speech, I get the jitters.
- fidget β to move about restlessly, nervously, or impatiently.
- lay down β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- finesse β extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- caper β Capers are the small green buds of caper plants. They are usually sold preserved in vinegar.
- wisecracking β a smart or facetious remark.
- copycatting β a person or thing that copies, imitates, mimics, or follows the lead of another, as a child who says or does exactly the same as another child.
- operate β to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- hammed β an actor or performer who overacts.
- bandying β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- adventuring β the act of doing adventurous things or having adventures
- flirt β to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
- gloss over β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- act out β If you act out an event which has happened, you copy the actions which took place and make them into a play.
- deal β If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- enact β Make (a bill or other proposal) law.
- mess around β a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- make like β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- come around β If someone comes around or comes round to your house, they call there to see you.
- enter β Come or go into (a place).
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- appear β If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- frolic β merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- caricatured β Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- dish up β provide
- go to β functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
noun play
- earshot β the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- footlight β Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- mainspring β the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
- foolery β foolish action or conduct.
- fifty-fifty β equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- extent β The area covered by something.
- wideness β The state or quality of being wide.
- headroom β Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- merry-go-round β Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
- gamesmanship β the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- field day β a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
- calling β A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- footlights β Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- concerti β a composition for one or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment, now usually in symphonic form.
- cantata β A cantata is a fairly short musical work for singers and instruments.