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plays with

plays with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play with.

Meaning of play with

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: play with.
    • The boy was playing with his toys.
  2. (transitive) To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
  3. (transitive) To trick.
    • Breaking into the right side of Wolves' penalty area, he played with Elokobi over and over while ignoring both Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney as they lurked in the centre with arms aloft.2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2-1 Man Utd”, in BBC
  4. (transitive) To sexually stimulate (a person or a person's erogenous zone).
    • She laughed and started to play with me. I started getting hard and really got turned on. I liked her giving me all the attention. I begged her to suck my cock. I was ready to explode. She went down on me and I had a terrific orgasm.1992, Patrick Suraci, Male sexual armor, page 169

Questions about plays with

What is plays with the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Plays with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of play with.

Words near plays with in the dictionary

  1. plays up Old Gooseberry
  2. plays up to
  3. plays upon
  4. plays upon words
  5. plays well with others
  6. plays with
  7. plays with a full deck
  8. plays with edge-tools
  9. plays with edged tools
  10. plays with fire
  11. plays with house money

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