Definition of play

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Play (n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play..

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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..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye..
Cue :: Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play..
King :: King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds..
Plaything :: Plaything (n.) A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
Harper :: Harper (n.) A player on the harp; a minstrel.
Playground :: Playground (n.) A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school..
Handyy-dandy :: Handyy-dandy (n.) A child's play, one child guessing in which closed hand the other holds some small object, winning the object if right and forfeiting an equivalent if wrong; hence, forfeit..
Gamble :: Gamble (v. i.) To play or game for money or other stake.
Cosmos :: Cosmos (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony..
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To dislocate, as a shoulder bone..
Punt :: Punt (n.) Act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
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..
Pleasantry :: Pleasantry (n.) That which denotes or promotes pleasure or good humor; cheerfulness; gayety; merriment; especially, an agreeable playfulness in conversation; a jocose or humorous remark; badinage..
Flourish :: Flourish (v. i.) To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion..
Fence :: Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing..
Underplay :: Underplay (n.) The act of underplaying.
Buss :: Buss (n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
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