Definition of play

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Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

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Prince :: Prince (a.) The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players..
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) The stick used by the players.
Skill :: Skill (n.) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
Put :: Put (v. i.) To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
Go :: Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
Playtime :: Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion.
Fiddle :: Fiddle (n.) A stringed instrument of music played with a bow; a violin; a kit.
Vaunt :: Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag..
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
Melodiograph :: Melodiograph (n.) A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon..
Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys..
Pedantize :: Pedantize (v. i.) To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
Bass :: Bass (a.) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, bass..
Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
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