Definition of play

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Play (n.) Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.

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Tooter :: Tooter (n.) One who toots; one who plays upon a pipe or horn.
Pun :: Pun (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
Frisk :: Frisk (a.) A frolic; a fit of wanton gayety; a gambol: a little playful skip or leap.
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman..
Clown :: Clown (n.) The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
Protactic :: Protactic (a.) Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory..
Rig :: Rig (v. i.) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Double :: Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence; a substitute.
Pomp :: Pomp (v. i.) To make a pompons display; to conduct.
Fumble :: Fumble (v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..
Harper :: Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.
Opalesce :: Opalesce (v. i.) To give forth a play of colors, like the opal..
Billiards :: Billiards (n.) A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished..
Calliope :: Calliope (n.) A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers..
Thumb :: Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Splayfoot :: Splayfeet (pl. ) of Splayfoo.
Pun :: Pun (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
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