Definitions of playing
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the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation
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bowling
the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
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catching
(baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
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golfing
playing golf
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pitching
(baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
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action
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
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the performance of a part or role in a drama
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synonyms:
acting, performing, playacting
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characterisation, characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
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impersonation, personation
imitating the mannerisms of another person
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method, method acting
an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
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dumb show, mime, pantomime
a performance using gestures and body movements without words
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business, byplay, stage business
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
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skit
a short theatrical episode
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hamming, overacting
poor acting by a ham actor
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heroics
ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct
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reenactment
performing a role in an event that occurred at an earlier time
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roleplaying
acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy)
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impression
an impressionistic portrayal of a person
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apery, mimicry
the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
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panto
an abbreviation of pantomime
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schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik
(Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
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character, part, persona, role, theatrical role
an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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activity
any specific behavior
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performing arts
arts or skills that require public performance
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the act of playing a musical instrument
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bowing
managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument
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piping
playing a pipe or the bagpipes
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stopping
the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch
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transposition
(music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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spiccato, spiccato bowing
bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings
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double stopping
stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time
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musical performance
the act of performing music
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