Hypernyms for "play"

accompany ace act out arse around assist at-bat attack back backstop ball hawking bandy bang out baseball play basketball play bat beat bet bet on bid blitz bow bowl bugle bully off busk call catch cavort chord clarion clowning comedy complete completion confront coquetry cover cradle craziness cricket croquet curl curtain raiser dabble dalliance debut declare develop die disport doctor down drollery drum emote enact exit face face off fencing fiddle field figure fireman flirt flirtation flirting follow folly fool fool around foolery football play footwork foul frisk frolic fullback fumble funniness gage gamble gambling game gambol game game of chance golf golf hole Grand Guignol ham ham it up harp hole hook horse around horseplay house icing icing the puck impersonate indulgence innings jazz jocosity jocularity jugglery knock on lark lark about lead line up linebacker blitzing lunacy make make believe mime miracle play misplay modulate morality play mousetrap move musical musical comedy musical theater mystery play nail obstruction overact overplay paddle pantomime parody paronomasia pass completion Passion play pipe pitch play play along play out playlet portray power play prelude pretend promote pun punning punt put out putt quarterback rag raise razmataz razzle razzle-dazzle razzmatazz recapitulate reenact register repeat replay reprise reprize retire revoke riff rollick romp roughhouse ruff run around safety blitz satyr play see seesaw set shot skirl skylark slack slackness slur snooker sound off splash around sport sporting life stake start starting stooge strike up stroke support swing symphonise symphonize takeaway teasing tee off teetertotter teeter-totter theater of the absurd throw tomfoolery tongue toying trap play trick trumpet trumping tweedle unblock underact underplay volley wager waggery waggishness walk wiggliness word play wordplay