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(game theory) A strategy in which a player refuses to participate in a game or replaces it with a game with different rules.
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(US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
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A game in which players attempt to grab as much money as possible.
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(Internet slang, gaming, transitive, intransitive) To use a controversial or unsporting tactic to gain an advantage (especially in a game.)
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: the play of a child.
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(intransitive, slang, video games) To quit a video game during combat to avoid dying.
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(informal, often used attributively) A situation in which something or someone is revealed to be other than assumed/expected to be, particularly with regard to gender identity.
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(intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up.
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(transitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse.
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Alternative form of G [(sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).]
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(intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
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(games) A game in which the outcome depends mainly on the physical and mental skills of the players, and only secondarily on chance.
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(slang) To play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.
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(video games, rare, transitive) To deliver to someone a 'game over' message.
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(film, music, television, theater) To engage in a musical performance, act in a theatre production, etc.
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(idiomatic, sports) A successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.
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(games) Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.
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Alternative spelling of I spy [(games) A game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object.]
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(gaming) An instance of a bad play.
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(gaming) To play so as to cause another player to win.
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In games, a strategy or design where one player (often the losing one) essentially gets to pick who wins.
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(UK, Northern, dialect) To play (in the sense opposed to work).
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(video games) One of the player's chances to play, lost when the player's character dies or when certain mistakes are made.
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(intransitive) To play the game Minecraft.
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(countable) An individual performance of this kind.
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A form of play involving two or more children doing an activity in the same room but without paying attention to one another. Primarily seen among children between the age of 6 months up to late preschool.
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(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
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(archaic) To play (a game).
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To play a leading role.
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(idiomatic) To play a game of cards without stakes.
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(children's games) To pretend to be a family in the household, acting out housekeeping and different family roles.
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(Southern US) to pretend
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(dated) To display; to show; to put in exercise.
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(transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
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(intransitive, idiomatic, derogatory) to act or say something according to political ambition, self-interest, and gamesmanship instead of moral conviction and altruism; to politick
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
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(Britain) playing structure.
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Synonym of game the system
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(intransitive, Britain, informal, potentially offensive) To act with honour, decency, and responsibility.
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To act in order to gain the attention or admiration of.
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Synonym of play to the gallery
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(transitive) To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
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(intransitive, figuratively) To engage in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.
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(Manglish, Singlish) To mess around; to play around.
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(informal) An extended period of playing.
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(US, figuratively) A set of commonly employed tactics and strategies.
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Obsolete spelling of play [(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.]
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(informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
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(archaic) The play of children.
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(of toys) Manufactured for use as a plaything, rather than as a collectible.
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The manner in which somebody plays a game.
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To test a newly developed game by playing it or having it played.
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A thing or person intended for playing with.
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(transitive, slang) To pawn (something) (to raise money).
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(US, informal) Activities which exclude outsiders.
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(dialectal, rural, Northern England, Scotland) A game.
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(intransitive) To talk at length.
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(collectible card games, originally and chiefly Magic: The Gathering) The inability of a creature to attack or use certain abilities during the turn when it comes into play.
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A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
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To play, especially with or as with a toy.
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(games) A game where players take it in turn to perform a dare set by the other players, or truthfully answer a question put forth by them.
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(transitive, intransitive) To interact with something in a way that subverts the conventions of playing.
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(UK, education, uncountable) Structured play activities for young schoolchildren during inclement weather.
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