Byplay

Definition: Byplay

Byplay

Noun

1. Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious".

Synonyms within Context: Byplay

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Indication	Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent.
Information	Hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay; gesture; (indication); gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti; insinuation; (latency).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Usage Frequency: Byplay

"Byplay" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Byplay" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translation: Byplay

Language		Translations for "byplay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏على الهامش. (various references)

Hungarian		mellékesemény (by-play, episode, side-show). (various references)

Manx		fo-chloie. (various references)

Pig Latin		yplaybay

Portuguese		mímica (mimicry, sign language), enredo secundário. (various references)

Russian		второй план. (various references)

Spanish		juego escénico secundario, aparte (apart, apart from, aside, by, particular, separate, separately, special). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations & Misspellings: Byplay

Derivations
	Words beginning with "byplay": byplays. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Byplay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Biollay, Gyulay. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Rhyming with "Byplay"

Anagrams: Byplay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-l-p-y-y"
	-2 letters: ably, paly, play.
	-3 letters: aby, alb, alp, bal, bap, bay, lab, lap, lay, pal, pay, ply, pya, yap, yay.
	-4 letters: ab, al, ay, ba, by, la, pa, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-l-p-y-y"
	+1 letter: byplays, payably, playboy.
	+2 letters: playboys.
	+4 letters: hypabyssal.
	+5 letters: playability, pyrolyzable.
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