Definitions

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  • noun Any form of playing with water.

Etymologies

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water +‎ play

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Examples

  • Hardly an adequate description for a place where trees overhung a mossy cup of a valley, where delicate flowers bloomed at precisely the right spots, and where a tiny waterfall trickled musically down the back wall of the valley, to fill a perfect, rockrimmed basin just big enough for two if they cared for a little waterplay.

    Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010

  • It's not in the main bathroom, where I eye the oversized claw-foot tub, its exterior painted exactly the right shade of aquamarine to suggest a whole new range of waterplay.

    Obituary 2010

  • Hardly an adequate description for a place where trees overhung a mossy cup of a valley, where delicate flowers bloomed at precisely the right spots, and where a tiny waterfall trickled musically down the back wall of the valley, to fill a perfect, rockrimmed basin just big enough for two if they cared for a little waterplay.

    Winds Of Fury Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • But tops are the Forum where my family saw Don McLean, Tina Turner and where Smokey Robinson reached out and kissed my grandma's hand! akat: I remember back when Ontario Place just had the waterplay area, no Soak City, no big waterslides, and there would be a line up of people around the whole side of the fence waiting to get in.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • But tops are the Forum where my family saw Don McLean, Tina Turner and where Smokey Robinson reached out and kissed my grandma's hand! akat: I remember back when Ontario Place just had the waterplay area, no Soak City, no big waterslides, and there would be a line up of people around the whole side of the fence waiting to get in.

    Thestar.com - Home Page 2010

  • Bikers take the bike path through Camp Richardson, which has a marina, ice cream shop, and areas for hiking, waterplay, boat rentals and fishing.

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories 2009

  • Bikers take the bike path through Camp Richardson, which has a marina, ice cream shop, and areas for hiking, waterplay, boat rentals and fishing.

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories 2009

  • Bikers take the bike path through Camp Richardson, which has a marina, ice cream shop, and areas for hiking, waterplay, boat rentals and fishing.

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories 2009

  • * Peoria Park District (Peoria County) $212,500, to redevelop Proctor Center Park with an accessible playground, splashpad-waterplay area (first in area) and basketball courts.

    pjstar.com Home RSS 2009

  • * Peoria Park District (Peoria County) $212,500, to redevelop Proctor Center Park with an accessible playground, splashpad-waterplay area (first in area) and basketball courts.

    pjstar.com Home RSS 2009

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