Definition of playact Playact
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What does playact mean?
WordNet
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| playact - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" | ||
| act, play, roleplay | ||
| perform carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" | ||
| dramatic art, dramaturgy, dramatics, theater, theatre the art of writing and producing plays | ||
| stooge act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator" | ||
| pantomime, mime act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple" | ||
| ham, ham it up, overact, overplay exaggerate one's acting | ||
| underact, underplay act (a role) with great restraint | ||
| act behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- playact, verb, present, 1st person singular of playact (infinitive).
- playact, verb (infinitive).
