Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Theatrical performance; stage-playing.
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Examples
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TV Guide Magazine: You don't think it's really creepy of Nick to be play-acting with someone who's manic-depressive?
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To mix things up even further, the lovers, especially Hermia and Helena, often sing in a style that draws from musical theater, and the play-acting workmen occasionally borrow tunes Flute/Thisbe's speech in the rehearsal is comically set to a bit of "I Am Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" from "The Sound of Music".
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During the 3-2 defeat at Liverpool, the Finn grew tired of what he perceived to be Milan Baros's propensity for going down with a bout of play-acting.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge
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I was called a teatrero Spanish slang for play-acting but what amazed me the most is that people simply forgot the fact that Pepe came all studs up against me, Alves says.
Barcelona's Dani Alves on cheat allegations and the final against United
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So the central question remains: is Obama simply play-acting the role of centrist or will he finally rise above politics and show real leadership?
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The subject was date rape; the teaching model two actors on a stage, play-acting a sex scene.
Amy Siskind: Sexual Assaults Will Continue Unless We Educate Young Men
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The subject was date rape; the teaching model two actors on a stage, play-acting a sex scene.
Amy Siskind: Sexual Assaults Will Continue Unless We Educate Young Men
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The subject was date rape; the teaching model two actors on a stage, play-acting a sex scene.
Amy Siskind: Sexual Assaults Will Continue Unless We Educate Young Men
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The subject was date rape; the teaching model two actors on a stage, play-acting a sex scene.
Amy Siskind: Sexual Assaults Will Continue Unless We Educate Young Men
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During the 3-2 defeat at Liverpool, the Finn grew tired of what he perceived to be Milan Baros's propensity for going down with a bout of play-acting.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge
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