Meaning of PLAYING
| Pronunciation: | | pl'eying
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- [n] the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
- [n] the act of playing a musical instrument
- [n] the performance of a part or role in a drama
- [adj] occupied in play or playful activities; "heard the laughter of playing children"
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| | Synonyms: | | acting, performing, playacting, playful |
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| | See Also: | | action, activity, bowing, bowling, business, byplay, catching, characterization, dumb show, enactment, golfing, hamming, heroics, impersonation, mime, musical performance, overacting, pantomime, performance, personation, piping, pitching, portrayal, roleplaying, skit, stage business, stopping, transposition | |
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| | Definition: | | Playing
This book provides 1,001 activities for young children, ages 2-6. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Play"ing\,
a. & vb. n. of {Play}.
{Playing cards}. See under {Card}.
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| | Related Terms: | | acting, aflicker, aping, betting, bickering, blinking, buffoonery, business, cardsharping, casting lots, characterization, coquetry, dabbling, dalliance, dallying, dancing, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, fiddling, flashing, flickering, flickery, flicky, flirtation, fluttering, fluttery, fooling, fooling around, gag, gambling, gaming, ham, hammy acting, hazarding, hoke, hokum, idling, imitation, impersonation, incarnation, jerking off, kidding around, lambent, loitering, masquerade, messing around, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, monkeying, monkeying around, mummery, overacting, pantomime, pantomiming, patter, performance, performing, personation, personification, piddling, play, playacting, playing around, portrayal, posing, pottering, projection, puttering, quivering, quivery, representation, risking, slapstick, smattering, sortition, speculation, sporting, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, staking, stroboscopic, stunt, taking a role, tinkering, toying, trifling, wagering, wavering, wavery |
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