play back
— Verb
– English
～ reproduce (a recording) on a recorder; "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent"
play a joke on
— Verb
– English
～ subject to a playful hoax or joke
play
— Verb
– English
～ exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish"
play hooky
— Verb
– English
～ play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"
play it by ear
— Verb
– English
～ decide on one's actions as one goes along, depending on the situation; "She didn't know what to expect from her new job, so she played it by ear"
play
— Verb
– English
～ discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day"
play
— Verb
– English
～ stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse"
play
— Verb
– English
～ engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
play
— Verb
– English
～ perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"
play
— Verb
– English
～ emit recorded sound; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered"
play
— Verb
– English
～ move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians"
play
— Verb
– English
～ perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
play
— Noun
– English
～ a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
playable
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of or suitable for being played or played on; "a playable lie in golf"; "the baseball fan reached out and caught a foul that was judged playable"; "the ball field was playable"; "harpsichord music is readily playable"- P.H.Lang
playact
— Verb
– English
～ perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
playacting
— Noun
– English
～ the performance of a part or role in a drama
playactor
— Noun
– English
～ an actor who travels around the country presenting plays
playback
— Noun
– English
～ electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
playback
— Noun
– English
～ the act of reproducing recorded sound; "he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony"
playbill
— Noun
– English
～ a theatrical program; "he couldn't find her name on the playbill"