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action replays

action replays is the plural of action replay.

Meaning of action replay

Noun

action replay (plural action replays)

  1. In TV broadcasting, the reshowing of a short segment of action, especially slow-motion sporting action, shortly after it was broadcast live or in real-time.
  2. An event that seems to repeat something that has happened before.
    • Gordon Brown's predicament is an action replay of the last days of John Major, and then some.2009 May 15, “I've shared in the hell of the No 10 bunker”, in London Evening Standard

Questions about action replays

What is action replays the plural of?
Action replays is the plural of action replay.

Words near action replays in the dictionary

  1. action point
  2. action points
  3. action potential
  4. action potentials
  5. action replay
  6. action replays
  7. action research
  8. action sermon
  9. action sermons
  10. action song
  11. action songs

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