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
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(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
-
(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.”
- (countable, uncountable)Any action, by supporting actor.
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Etymology
From by- + play.
Words you can make from byplay
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