toy
play hooky
screw around
laik
playless
timoroso
unga bunga
goof around
bunk off
cook
serve and volley
double
binge-play
donk
twiddle
touch
vagabondize
mess about
misplay
while
putter
like
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stand by
act the maggot
romp
thesp
playable
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act the jennet
espressivo
crossruff
dob
unplay
play
moon around
moon on
spend time
moonlight
rag
tight
cheesing
moon
semplice
lounge around
arse about
lounge about
go spare
bum around
onside
frig around
loll around
noodle
arse around
bum about
waste one's time
fuck off
field
bum
playday
trifling
crap out
loll
loaf
idle
playtime
slur
banally
tweedle
piss about
roughhouse
putter around
balls about
act
play someone like a fiddle
twag
loafer
beak
lek
jogger
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counterplay
stare at the wall
banter
sport
dolce far niente
waste of time
offthrow
at play
lie down on the job
on song
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playable
tight
onside
trifling
unplayable
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timoroso
espressivo
semplice
banally
cheesing
playday
idle
playtime
gameability
dolce far niente
waste of time
toy
play hooky
screw around
laik
unga bunga
goof around
bunk off
cook
serve and volley
double
binge-play
donk
twiddle
touch
vagabondize
mess about
misplay
while
putter
like
get one's eye in
stand by
act the maggot
romp
thesp
dally
enact
act the jennet
crossruff
dob
unplay
play
moon around
moon on
spend time
moonlight
rag
moon
lounge around
arse about
lounge about
go spare
bum around
frig around
loll around
noodle
arse around
bum about
waste one's time
fuck off
field
bum
crap out
loll
loaf
slur
tweedle
piss about
roughhouse
putter around
balls about
act
play someone like a fiddle
twag
loafer
beak
lek
jogger
truant
counterplay
stare at the wall
banter
sport
offthrow
lie down on the job
verb
noun
verb
- To play or improvise in an inspired and rhythmically exciting way. (From 1930s jive talk.)
- To tamper with or alter; to cook up.
- To concoct or prepare.
- To play music vigorously.
- To execute by electric chair.
- To prepare food for eating by heating it, often combining with other ingredients.
- To be uncomfortably hot.
- To be cooked.
- To hold on to a grenade briefly after igniting the fuse, so that it explodes almost immediately after being thrown.
noun
verb
- To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- To get a two-base hit.
- To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- To serve a second role or have a second purpose.
- To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- To fold over so as to make two folds.
- To operate as a double agent.
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- To double down.
- To multiply by two.
- (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- To repeat exactly; copy.
- To sail around (a headland or other point).
- To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
adv
noun
- The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- A two-base hit.
- A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A double-precision floating-point number.
- A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A double feast.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- A hit on this ring.
- A boat for two scullers.
- The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
adj
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Designed for two users.
- Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
verb
- To mess around, to play
- To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
- To moisten; dampen
- To hit
- To drizzle
- To make a donk bet.
noun
- A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.
- dampness; moistness
- A dense mist or drizzle
- A poor player who makes mistakes.
- A fool.
- A car's engine.
- A donkey (the animal).
- A mouldy dampness; mouldiness
- A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.
adj
verb
- To perform, as a tune; to play.
- To make intimate physical contact with a person.
- To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
- To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
- To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
- To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
- To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
- To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
- To concern, to have to do with.
- To make physical contact with a thing.
- To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
- To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
- To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
- To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
- To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
- To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
- To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
- To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
- To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
- Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
- To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
- To consume, or otherwise use.
- To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
- To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
- To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
- To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
- To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
- To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
- To come close to; to approach.
noun
- The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
- The children's game of tag.
- A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
- An act of borrowing or stealing something.
- The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
- The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
- A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
- A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
- The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
- The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
- The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
- A little bit; a small amount.
- A relationship of close communication or understanding.
- Form; standard of performance.
verb
- To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
- To be likely.
- To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
- To want, desire. See also would like.
- To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
- To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
- To accept as an input.
prep
- Typical of
- Approximating
- In the manner of, similarly to
- Such as
- Similar to, reminiscent of
- As if there would be
- Used to ask for a description or opinion of someone or something
adj
adv
noun
- An individual vote showing support for, approval of, or enjoyment of, something posted on the Internet.
- The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
- Something that a person likes (prefers).
- Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
particle
- A delayed filler.
- Likely.
- Indicating approximation or uncertainty.
- Used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase or an expression of something that happened.
conj
verb
- To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.
- To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
- To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet
noun
verb
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- To dance to ragtime music.
- To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
- To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
- To decorate (a wall, etc.) by applying paint with a rag.
- To become tattered.
- To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
noun
- A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- A curtain of various kinds.
- A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- Sanitary napkins, pads, or other materials used to absorb menstrual discharge.
- A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
- A newspaper or magazine, especially one whose journalism is considered to be of poor quality.
- Tattered clothes.
- A ragged edge in metalworking.
adj
- Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.
- Fitting close, or too close, to the body.
- Under high tension; taut.
- Unyielding or firm.
- Narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- Of a turn, sharp, so that the timeframe for making it is narrow and following it is difficult.
- Lacking holes; difficult to penetrate; waterproof.
- Extraordinarily great or special.
- Not conceding many goals.
- Intimate, close, close-knit.
- A car with understeer, primarily used to describe NASCAR stock cars.
- Of a player, who plays very few hands.
- Intimately friendly.
- Angry or irritated.
- Miserly or frugal.
- Firmly held together; compact; not loose or open.
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- Intoxicated; drunk or acting like being drunk.
- Mean; unfair; unkind.
- Scarce, hard to come by.
- Limited or restricted.
adv
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
verb
- To engage in frivolous behaviour; to fool around or waste time.
- To play (a musical instrument or passage of music) or to sing (a passage of music) in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play (a series of ornamental notes) on an instrument.
- To clear extraneous material from (an opal).
- To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner; to muse.
- To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or lighthearted manner; also, to play a series of ornamental notes on an instrument.
- To search mullock for opals; to fossick.
- To hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume.
- Often followed by about or around: to mess around, to play.
- To search (mullock (“mining or ore processing waste”)) for opals.
- To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
- To obtain (an opal) by searching through mullock.
- To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.
- To ponder or think about (something).
noun
- A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.
- An improvised passage of music played on an instrument; also, a series of ornamental notes played on an instrument; a trill.
- The brain; the head.
- An object which is long and thin like a noodle (sense 1).
verb
verb
verb
- To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- To answer; to address.
- To execute research (in the field).
- To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- To deploy in the field.
- The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
- To defeat.
- To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- The background of the shield.
- An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal
- The extent of a given perception.
- A region containing a particular mineral.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- The background of the flag.
- The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- The outfield.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
noun
- An idle game.
- The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
- The state of idling, of being idle.
- An idle animation.
verb
- To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
adj
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
verb
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
noun
verb
verb
noun
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
- A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
- The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
- That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
- A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
- A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
- A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
- The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
- The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
- The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
- A toe clip.
- A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
- cocaine.
- Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
- Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
- A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
verb
- To amuse oneself, to play.
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To close (a door).
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
noun
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- A sportsman; a gambler.
- One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
- Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
noun
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