byplay

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
6

Definition of byplay

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
    “[...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.”
    “The father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
    “[...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.”
    “The father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Any action, by supporting actor.

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Etymology

From by- + play.

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