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slowplay

slowplay verb: to bluff by playing a strong hand weakly.

Verb

slowplay (third-person singular simple present slowplays, present participle slowplaying, simple past and past participle slowplayed)

  1. To bluff by playing a strong hand weakly.
    • Jane checked, slowplaying her straight flush

Noun

slowplay (plural slowplays)

  1. An action which represents a strong hand as weak.

Forms of slowplay

Verb
third-person singular presentslowplays
present participleslowplaying
past participleslowplayed
pastslowplayed
Noun
pluralslowplays

Origin of slowplay

From slow + play.

Questions about slowplay

What does slowplay mean?
Slowplay means to bluff by playing a strong hand weakly.
What part of speech is slowplay?
Slowplay can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of slowplay?
The past tense of slowplay is slowplayed.

Words near slowplay in the dictionary

  1. slown
  2. slowness
  3. slownesses
  4. slowpaced
  5. slowpitch
  6. slowplay
  7. slowplayed
  8. slowplaying
  9. slowplays
  10. slowpoke
  11. slowpokes

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