Synonyms for play around
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pley |
| Phonetic Transcription : pleɪ |
Définition of play around
Origin :- Old English plegan, plegian "move rapidly, occupy or busy oneself, exercise; frolic; make sport of, mock; perform music," from West Germanic *plegan "occupy oneself about" (cf. Old Saxon plegan "vouch for, take charge of," Old Frisian plega "tend to," Middle Dutch pleyen "to rejoice, be glad," German pflegen "take care of, cultivate"), from PIE root *dlegh- "to engage oneself," forming words in Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, and possibly Latin.
- Meaning "to take part in a game" is from c.1200. Opposed to work (v.) since late 14c. Related: Played; playing. To play up "emphasize" is from 1909; to play down "minimize" is from 1930; to play along "cooperate" is from 1929. To play with oneself "masturbate" is from 1896; play for keeps is from 1861, originally of marbles or other children's games with tokens. To play second fiddle in the figurative sense is from 1809 ("Gil Blas"). To play into the hands (of someone) is from 1705. To play the _______ card is attested from 1886; to play fair is from mid-15c. To play (something) safe is from 1911; to play favorites is attested from 1902. For play the field see field (n.).
- verb philander
- Their work seemed like play, while the play around them seemed like work.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- He saw them fish at the rapids and feast and play around the fire.
- Extract from : « The Later Cave-Men » by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp
- Put me in a thunder-storm an' let the lightnin' play around me, an' I'm at home.
- Extract from : « Out of the Hurly-Burly » by Charles Heber Clark
- "Oh, let him play around with his suicide blonde," Avis said furiously.
- Extract from : « Industrial Revolution » by Poul William Anderson
- Goodhue called the signal for a play around the left tackle.
- Extract from : « The Guarded Heights » by Wadsworth Camp
- It was just a matter of the figgers which it's your job to play around with.
- Extract from : « The Man in the Twilight » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I got to learn to play around and yet not make a fool of myself.
- Extract from : « Babbitt » by Sinclair Lewis
- "I'll play around Europe for awhile," she whimsically decided.
- Extract from : « The Shield of Silence » by Harriet T. Comstock
- Every night, every single night, he must find some countryman and play around a little bit before going to bed.
- Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
- On those days, Nest warned the little children who loved to come and play around her, that they must not visit the house.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 » by Various
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- all around
- all-around
- amorous play
- around
- around the bend
- around-the-clock
- arousal
- arouse
- arousing
- barbarous
- barbarously
- barbarousness
- barouche
- baseball player
- bat around
- bat it around
- be aroused
- be displayed
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- been around
- been around twice
- bit player
- bonehead play
- boss around
- bum around
- by-play
- by plays
- by-plays
- byplay
- call into play
- call the play
- calling the play
- calls into play
- calls play
- came around
- carillon playing
- carouse
- carousel
- carouser
- carousing
- carousings
- cassette player
- CD player
- CD players
- come around
- computer display
- dance around
- dance around an issue
- dance around issue
- danced around an issue
- danced around issue
- dances around an issue
- dances around issue
- dancing around an issue
- dancing around issue
- defeated player
- display
- display program
- displaying
- displays
- distance around
- fair play
- feel around
- feeling around
- fiddle around
- fiddled around
- fiddles around
- fiddling around
- fireworks display
- fool around
- fooling around
- foreplay
- futz around
- futzing around
- games player
- gang around
- gat around
- get around
- gets around
- getting around
- give a play
- give run around
- give the runaround
- go around
- go around together
- go around with
- going around
- grandstand play
- green around gills
- green around the gills
- Hail Mary play
- hail mary plays
- hang about/hang around/hang out
- hang around
- hang around with
- hanged around
- hanging around
- hangs around
- have to play catch up
- hookey player
- horse around
- horseplay
- in play
- interplay
- jerk around
- just around corner
- just around the corner
- key player
- key players
- kibitz around
- kibitzed around
- kibitzes around
- kibitzing around
- kick around
- kick ideas around
- kicking around
- kicking arounds
- kid around
- kidding around
- kidding arounds
- kids around
- knock about/knock around
- knock around
- knock around with
- knocked around with
- knocking around with
- knocks around
- knocks around with
- level playing field
- long-playing record
- long way around
- make a play for
- mess around
- messing around
- mill around
- monkey around
- MP3 player
- muck around
- nectarous
- neighborhood playhouse
- noodle around
- noodled around
- noodles around
- nose around
- nosing around
- on display
- order around
- overplay
- overplayed
- pal around
- pal around with
- palled around
- palled around with
- palling around
- pals around
- pals around with
- parous
- parousiamanias
- pass around
- photoplay
- play
- play a part
- play a waiting game
- play-actor
- play actor
- play against
- play around
- play at
- play ball
- play ball with
- play by ear
- play by play
- play down
- play fair
- play false
- play first fiddle
- play for
- play for time
- play games
- play games with
- play hooky
- play into
- play Judas
- play of fancy
- play on
- play second fiddle
- play the game
- play the market
- play the ponies
- play trick on
- play tricks
- play truant
- play up
- play up to
- play with fire
- playactor
- playboy
- played
- played out
- played-out
- player
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playgoer
- playground
- playgroup
- playhouse
- playing
- playing area
- playing games
- playing it cool
- playing politics
- playing safe
- playing with fire
- playoff game
- playroom
- plaything
- playtime
- pull around
- puppet play
- push around
- pushing around
- putz around
- putzed around
- putzes around
- putzing around
- pyrotechnics display
- ran around
- re played
- re playing
- replay
- roll over and play dead
- run around
- run around with
- run circles around
- run rings around
- runaround
- scratch around
- scrounge around
- show around
- sit around
- splay
- step around
- stick around
- take out of play
- tape player
- team play
- team player
- team players
- the other way around
- throw weight around
- toss around
- turn-around collar
- turnaround
- utility player
- video display terminal
- video display unit
- wait around
- waited around
- winding around
- wrapped around finger
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