Definition of play

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Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action..

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Playgoing :: Playgoing (a.) Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public..
Pip :: Pip (n.) One of the conventional figures or spots on playing cards, dominoes, etc..
Playwright :: Playwright (n.) A maker or adapter of plays.
Oratorize :: Oratorize (v. i.) To play the orator.
Buss :: Buss (n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard)..
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns..
Piquet :: Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside..
Ostentate :: Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Niggle :: Niggle (v. t.) To trifle or play.
Gush :: Gush (v. t.) A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment..
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Bowler :: Bowler (n.) One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game..
Main :: Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.
Instrumentation :: Instrumentation (n.) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect..
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.
Perk :: Perk (v. t.) To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of; as, to perk the ears; to perk up one's head..
Cassino :: Cassino (n.) A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points..
Accordion :: Accordion (n.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds..
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