Synset

be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

sample sentences

"The kids were playing outside all day"
"I used to play with trucks as a little girl"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

playing play play

semantic pointers

hyponym

roughhouse fool around, horse around, arse around, fool cavort, run around, romp, frolic, skylark, lark, rollick, disport, sport, gambol, frisk, lark about dabble, paddle, splash around

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