Definition of play

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

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Dice :: Dice (v. i.) To play games with dice.
Troupe :: Troupe (n.) A company or troop, especially the company pf performers in a play or an opera..
Antic :: Antic (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
Gig :: Gig (n.) A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl..
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.].
Hockey :: Hockey (n.) A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin..
Cribbage :: Cribbage (v. t.) A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances..
Merils :: Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.
Toyhouse :: Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Emblazoner :: Emblazoner (n.) One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp..
King :: King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds..
Pompous :: Pompous (a.) Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
Dealer :: Dealer (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) To play a trump card.
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
Splayfooted :: Splayfoot (a.) Alt. of Splayfoote.
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