Usually means: Opposition's active response to threats.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word counterplay:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. counterplay: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterplay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. counterplay: Collins English Dictionary
  4. counterplay: Vocabulary.com
  5. counterplay: Wordnik
  6. counterplay: Wiktionary
  7. counterplay: Dictionary.com
  8. Counterplay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. counterplay: Rhymezone
  10. counterplay: FreeDictionary.org
  11. counterplay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. counterplay: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counterplay: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. counterplay: A Word A Day

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Counterplay: Backgammon
  2. Counterplay: Chess Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (counterplay)

noun:  A game move made as a response.
noun:  (chess) A counterattack in a different part of the board.
noun:  (video games, sociology) A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
verb:  To make a counterplay; to play in response.
verb:  To counter; to contrast or contradict.

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