Definition of play

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Play (n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.

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Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..
Horseplay :: Horseplay (n.) Rude, boisterous play..
Virtuoso :: Virtuoso (n.) A performer on some instrument, as the violin or the piano, who excels in the technical part of his art; a brilliant concert player..
Gush :: Gush (v. t.) A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment..
Spluttered :: Splurge (v. i.) To make a great display in any way, especially in oratory..
Post :: Post (v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice; to post playbills..
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Dabble :: Dabble (v. i.) To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water..
Kittenish :: Kittenish (a.) Resembling a kitten; playful; as, a kittenish disposition..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To play on a fiddle.
Pleasantry :: Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage..
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Hit :: Hit (v. t.) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected piece on a point..
Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
Rhetorize :: Rhetorize (v. i.) To play the orator.
Flute :: Flute (v. i.) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound..
Hazardry :: Hazardry (n.) Playing at hazard; gaming; gambling.
Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ..
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