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ring play

ring play noun: any of various (mainly children's) games played in a circle, typically with dance movements and singing.

Noun

ring play (countable and uncountable, plural ring plays)

  1. (Caribbean, US, chiefly African-American) Any of various (mainly children's) games played in a circle, typically with dance movements and singing.
    • Shall we have a Ring-play before we work today?1911, Scott Joplin, “The Corn-Huskers”, in Treemonisha
    • “They'd push me 'way from de ring plays and make out they couldn't play wid nobody dat lived on premises.”1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper, published 2013, page 9

Forms of ring play

pluralring plays

Questions about ring play

What does ring play mean?
Ring play means any of various (mainly children's) games played in a circle, typically with dance movements and singing.
What part of speech is ring play?
Ring play is a noun.
What is the plural of ring play?
The plural of ring play is ring plays.

Words near ring play in the dictionary

  1. ring ousels
  2. ring out
  3. ring outs
  4. ring ouzel
  5. ring ouzels
  6. ring play
  7. ring plays
  8. ring plover
  9. ring pull
  10. ring pulls
  11. ring rain

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