by-play
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Alternative forms
1.2
Etymology
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Noun
English
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byplay
Etymology
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From
by-
+
play
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Noun
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by
-
play
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
by-plays
)
(
theater
)
Action
carried on aside, commonly in
dumb show
, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present.
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English terms prefixed with by-
English lemmas
English nouns
English uncountable nouns
English countable nouns
English multiword terms
en:Theater
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