English Explanatory Dictionary

play-play

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To mess around, to play around; to take things lightly.

adj

Fake, toy, make-believe

Word forms

play-play more play-play most play-play

Etymology

Reduplication of play, influenced by Malay grammar (Malay main-main), or a calque of Mandarin 玩玩 (wánwan).

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