playact
to engage in make-believe.
to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
to perform in a play.
to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.
Origin of playact
1Other words from playact
- playacting, noun
- playactor, noun
Words Nearby playact
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How to use playact in a sentence
She’d type out the lines of The Devil Wears Prada as she watched, then hand out scripts to friends to playact in the basement.
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British Dictionary definitions for play-act
(intr) to pretend or make believe
(intr) to behave in an overdramatic or affected manner
to act in or as in (a play)
Derived forms of play-act
- play-acting, noun
- play-actor, noun
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