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playact
[ pley-akt ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
verb (used with object)
- to dramatize (something):
They playacted the movements of a burglar.
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- playacting noun
- playactor noun
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Example Sentences
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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We send our children on Israel trips in which they playact IDF boot camp.
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