All play synonyms
play
P p verb play
- manipulate β to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- make it 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.
- call β a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- accounted β an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- dandle β to move (a young child, etc) up and down (on the knee or in the arms)
- look in on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- maneuver β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- frisk β to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
- drop by β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- make the grade β a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- fribbling β Present participle of fribble.
- avail oneself of β to make use of to one's advantage
- make an appearance β the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in AΓ―da; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
- cut up β If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
- latch on β a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- commentate β To commentate means to give a radio or television commentary on an event.
- deal with β When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
- lollygag β lallygag.
- manoeuvre β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- do β Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- monkey β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- impersonate β to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- monkey around β any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- hamming β an actor or performer who overacts.
- have to do with β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- mimic β to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- look like β resemble
- imaging β a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
noun play
- ballgame β any game played with a ball
- wingding β a noisy, exciting celebration or party.
- margin β the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- jollies β in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- clambake β A clambake is a picnic at which clams and other food are served.
- occupation β a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- diversion β the act of diverting or turning aside, as from a course or purpose: a diversion of industry into the war effort.
- independency β independence (def 1).
- composition β When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
- employment β The condition of having paid work.
- farce β a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- intendment β Law. the true or correct meaning of something.
- blow out β If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- dissing β to show disrespect for; affront.
- latitude β Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
- likeliness β the state of being likely or probable; probability.