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postplaying

postplaying adjective: after retirement from playing a sport.

Adjective

postplaying (not comparable)

  1. After retirement from playing a sport.
    • Might the sport revealed and recognized as a destroyer of postplaying lives become more of a turnoff?2008 February 1, Harvey Araton, “For Retired N.F.L. Greats, Checks Are Out of Balance”, in New York Times

Origin of postplaying

From post- + playing.

Questions about postplaying

What does postplaying mean?
Postplaying means after retirement from playing a sport.
What part of speech is postplaying?
Postplaying is an adjective.

Words near postplaying in the dictionary

  1. postplacement
  2. postplaces
  3. postplacing
  4. postplating
  5. postplatinum
  6. postplaying
  7. postpliocene
  8. postpneumonectomy
  9. postpneumonic
  10. postpolio
  11. postpolio syndrome

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