Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball..

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Skittles :: Skittles (v. t.) An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins..
Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play.
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama..
Flaunt :: Flaunt (n.) Anything displayed for show.
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..
Cricket :: Cricket (v. i.) To play at cricket.
Playhouse :: Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
Sport :: Sport (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery..
Out :: Out (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Gig :: Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Slur :: Slur (n.) A trick played upon a person; an imposition.
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
Bob :: Bob (n.) Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail..
Morris :: Morris (n.) An old game played with counters, or men, which are placed angles of a figure drawn on a board or on the ground; also, the board or ground on which the game is played..
Player :: Player (n.) One who plays any game.
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
Zither :: Zither (n.) An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it. [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.].
Camp :: Camp (n.) To play the game called camp.
Promenade :: Promenade (n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise..
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