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playing like

playing like is the present participle and gerund of play like.

Meaning of play like

Verb

play like (third-person singular simple present plays like, present participle playing like, simple past and past participle played like)

  1. (Southern US) To pretend.

Questions about playing like

What is playing like the present participle and gerund of?
Playing like is the present participle and gerund of play like.

Words near playing like in the dictionary

  1. playing it cool
  2. playing it for all it's worth
  3. playing it pear-shaped
  4. playing it safe
  5. playing it straight
  6. playing like
  7. playing merry havoc with
  8. playing merry hell with
  9. playing nice
  10. playing Nostradamus
  11. playing number two

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Adapted from Wiktionary: playing like (page history and authors); play like (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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