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by-play

by-play noun: action carried on aside, commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present.

Noun

by-play (countable and uncountable, plural by-plays)

  1. Action carried on aside, commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present.

by-play meaning in Tamil

by-play in Tamil

கிளைக்காட்சி

Forms of by-play

pluralby-plays
alternative formbyplay

Origin of by-play

From by- + play.

Questions about by-play

What does by-play mean?
By-play means action carried on aside, commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present.
What is by-play in Tamil?
By-play in Tamil is கிளைக்காட்சி. See By-play meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is by-play?
By-play is a noun.
What is the plural of by-play?
The plural of by-play is by-plays.

Words near by-play in the dictionary

  1. by-paths
  2. by-peep
  3. by-peeping
  4. by-place
  5. by-places
  6. by-play
  7. by-plays
  8. by-plot
  9. by-plots
  10. by-poll
  11. by-polls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: by-play (page history and authors); by-play (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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