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play-by-plays

play-by-plays is the plural of play-by-play.

Meaning of play-by-play

Noun

play-by-play (plural play-by-plays)

  1. (US) A detailed description or analysis of sporting events as they occur in succession, one play at a time.
    • So I collected a cross section of play-by-plays, definitely not as many as I'd like to collect but enough to feel pretty comfortable with what I was seeing.2004, Dean Oliver, Basketball on Paper: Rules and Tools for Performance Analysis

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Questions about play-by-plays

What is play-by-plays the plural of?
Play-by-plays is the plural of play-by-play.

Words near play-by-plays in the dictionary

  1. play-books
  2. play-by-email
  3. play-by-mail
  4. play-by-mails
  5. play-by-play
  6. play-by-plays
  7. play-by-snail-mail
  8. play-calling
  9. play-doh
  10. play-house
  11. play-houses

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