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Definition of Playact
1. Verb. Perform on a stage or theater. "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
Category relationships: Dramatic Art, Dramatics, Dramaturgy, Theater, Theatre
Generic synonyms: Perform
Related verbs: Play, Play, Act, Play, Represent, Act
Specialized synonyms: Stooge, Mime, Pantomime, Ham, Ham It Up, Overact, Overplay, Underact, Underplay
Derivative terms: Act, Actable, Acting, Actor, Play, Play, Player, Playing, Playacting, Playactor, Roleplaying
Definition of Playact
1. Verb. To perform on, or as if on, a stage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Playact
1. to take part in a theatrical performance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Playact
Literary usage of Playact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... signified to Maillebois on the morrow that henceforth it would dispense with
such visits. Poor Imperial Majesty, a human creature doing playact- ..."
2. Life and Recollections of Yankee Hill: Together with Anecdotes and Incidents by William Knight Northall (1850)
"... SIR :—That notorious Yankee Hill, (a general titter in the company) is going
to playact again next week in the theatre. Yours, " A FRIEND. ..."
3. The Spirit of American Literature by John Albert Macy (1913)
"tations, for he expects you to know what he is doing, to playact with him in a
momentary interruption before he goes on again with the lesson in hand. ..."
4. The Playactress by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1895)
"THE playact* ESS. the life of him have given any better answer than that this
was Johnny Spencer (of whose existence he had never heard two hours before) ..."
5. Tanglefoot, an (Almost)) True Story of Civil Wars and Cities by Richard Connelly Miller (2005)
"I'ma common sense sort of girl and I have to change my playact for this kind of
traveling." She handed me some scissors. Laughing and teasing and stroking ..."
6. History of Friedrich the Second, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... signified to Maillebois on the morrow that henceforth it would dispense with
such visits. Poor Imperial Majesty, a human creature doing playact- ..."
7. Life and Recollections of Yankee Hill: Together with Anecdotes and Incidents by William Knight Northall (1850)
"... SIR :—That notorious Yankee Hill, (a general titter in the company) is going
to playact again next week in the theatre. Yours, " A FRIEND. ..."
8. The Spirit of American Literature by John Albert Macy (1913)
"tations, for he expects you to know what he is doing, to playact with him in a
momentary interruption before he goes on again with the lesson in hand. ..."
9. The Playactress by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1895)
"THE playact* ESS. the life of him have given any better answer than that this
was Johnny Spencer (of whose existence he had never heard two hours before) ..."
10. Tanglefoot, an (Almost)) True Story of Civil Wars and Cities by Richard Connelly Miller (2005)
"I'ma common sense sort of girl and I have to change my playact for this kind of
traveling." She handed me some scissors. Laughing and teasing and stroking ..."
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