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playing period - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" | ||
period of play, play | ||
quantity, amount, measure an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" | ||
athletic game a game involving athletic activity | ||
game an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games" | ||
golf hole, hole an opening deliberately made in or through something | ||
chukker, chukka (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided | ||
inning, frame (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | ||
set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" | ||
bout, turn, round a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) | ||
first period the first division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
second period the second division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
final period the final division into which the play of a game is divided | ||
half one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval | ||
period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" | ||
quarter clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter" |