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accompany |
to play or sing music with (another) as a supporting part of that person or group's performance. [1/4 definitions] |
act |
a major division of a drama, esp. of a play or opera. [3/14 definitions] |
actable |
capable of being acted, as a role or a play. |
ante |
in poker, an amount of money that a player must put into play before seeing his or her cards. [2/3 definitions] |
anti-hero |
a central character in a story, novel, or play who lacks traditional heroic qualities, such as high purpose or moral strength. |
assist |
in some sports, a play that helps another player complete a play such as a score. [1/5 definitions] |
author |
the writer of a book, play, story, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
ball handler |
a player, esp. in basketball, whose position requires him or her to touch and control the ball, or one who handles the ball on a particular play. [1/2 definitions] |
band1 |
a group formed to play music. [1/4 definitions] |
bit2 |
a small role in a film or play; bit part. [1/4 definitions] |
bow2 |
to play (a violin or other stringed instrument) with a bow. [1/7 definitions] |
bowdlerize |
to omit or modify parts of (a book, play, or the like) that are considered immoral or indecent. |
bowl2 |
to play the game of bowling or the game of bowls. [1/8 definitions] |
box office |
the receipts from a play, concert, or other entertainment. [1/3 definitions] |
breakaway |
in certain sports, of or designating a play in which one player moves rapidly down the playing area with the potential to score, as in a basketball fast break. [2/6 definitions] |
bugle1 |
to play a bugle. [1/4 definitions] |
burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. [1/5 definitions] |
busk |
to play music, sing, or otherwise perform for entertainment in streets or other public areas, usually in order to obtain money through the donations of passers-by. |
by-play |
less important action that takes place at the same time as the main action, esp. in a play. |
Caliban |
a grotesque, brutish, half-human creature in the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. |
cantata |
a musical composition for chorus, soloists, and instruments, based on a sacred text, poem, or play, and similar to but shorter than an oratorio. |
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