| play to the gallery |
to try to appeal to the broadest popular taste. |
| play with fire |
to carelessly provoke danger. |
| playwright |
one who writes plays. |
| playwriting |
the act, art, or profession of writing plays. |
| plaza |
a large open space such as a park or public square in the center of a town. [3 definitions] |
| plea |
an earnest request or appeal. [3 definitions] |
| plea-bargain |
to engage in bargaining that results or may result in a defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser charge rather than being tried on a more serious one. |
| plea bargaining |
a pretrial negotiation in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for the state's dropping a more serious charge. |
| plead |
to earnestly request or appeal. [5 definitions] |
| pleadable |
combined form of plead. |
| pleading |
the act of making a plea. [3 definitions] |
| pleasant |
pleasing; agreeable. [2 definitions] |
| pleasantry |
a casual remark intended to compliment or otherwise please another, esp. in a social situation of no great importance. |
| please |
to satisfy or give pleasure to; make happy. [5 definitions] |
| pleased |
made satisfied or happy. |
| pleased as Punch |
very pleased or gratified. |
| pleasing |
giving enjoyment or satisfaction; likable; agreeable. |
| pleasurable |
giving or causing pleasure. |
| pleasure |
a happy, delighted, or satisfied feeling. [6 definitions] |
| pleasureless |
combined form of pleasure. |
| pleasure principle |
in psychoanalysis, the theory that humans tend to secure gratification and pleasure and to avoid pain or unpleasantness. |