tautness, tightness

act, stage direction

game, paly, score, outplay, player, compete, ball, defensively, win, scrimmage, physicality, match, trochil, opener, perform, ballgame, matchup, beat, physicalness, miss, tournament, offensively, outscore, doubleheaders, excel, overplay, sing, mahjongg, outman, performances, throw, comebacks, scamble, catchup, outshoot, athletism, improvise, playoffs, wrestle, semifinal, pitch, gimmes, playmaker, guys, bounce, scrappy, quarterfinal, tie, team, streakier, positionally, underachieve, flukiest, rematch, overpassing, overtimes, heartbreaker, tourn, tonight, run, finale, whup, rehearse, defensing, tourney, clinch, athleticism, practicing, blitzing, finals, reprise, tinker, subbed, tempo, tonk, overmatch, maltase, romp, football, holmia, season, looch, take, outwork, dribble, concede, but, really, league, flukey, dogfight, outrush, shoot, refind, rediscover, round robin, refs, championship, kick, shorthanded, bridgey, draw, plays, opera, poem, advertisement, novel, verse, comedy, invention, cartoon, parable, telling, acting, ballet, cf, manuscript, poems, show, book, commercial, holiday, jolliest, fun, school, ing, kindergarten, cleaning, crappy, delightful, devotional, dullest, enjoyable, killing, tabooed, club, court, elizabethan, entire, gospel, improvisational

accompany, ace, act out, arse around, assist, at-bat, attack, backstop, ball hawking, bandy, bang out, baseball play, basketball play, bat, beat, bet, bid, blitz, bout, bow, bowl, bugle, bully off, call, catch, cavort, chord, chukker, clarion, clowning, comedy, complete, completion, confront, coquetry, cover, cradle, cricket, croquet, curtain raiser, dabble, dalliance, debut, develop, die, disport, doctor, down, draw, drollery, drum, emote, enact, enter, exit, face, face off, fiddle, figure, final period, fireman, first period, flirt, flirtation, flirting, follow, folly, fool, foolery, fool around, football play, footwork, foul, frame, frisk, frolic, fullback, fumble, funniness, gamble, gambling game, gambol, game of chance, go, golf, half, ham, hazarding, horseplay, horse around, house, icing, icing the puck, impersonate, indulgence, inning, jazz, jocosity, jocularity, jugglery, knock on, lark, lark about, lead, linebacker blitzing, masquerade, mime, miracle play, misplay, modulate, morality play, mousetrap, move, musical, musical comedy, musical theater, mystery play, nail, obstruction, over, overact, overplay, paddle, pantomime, parody, passion play, pass completion, pedal, period, pipe, playlet, play out, portray, pose, prelude, pun, punning, putt, quarter, quarterback, rag, razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz, recapitulate, reenact, repeat, replay, reprise, risking, rollick, romp, round, ruff, run around, safety blitz, satyr play, second period, seesaw, set, shot, skylark, slack, slackness, slur, sound off, splash around, spoof, sport, sporting life, staking, start, starting, stooge, strike up, stroke, support, symphonize, teasing, tee off, theater of the absurd, third period, throw, tie, tomfoolery, tongue, toying, trap play, trumping, turn, tweedle, unblock, underact, underplay, unlicensed gambling, volley, wager, waggery, waggishness, walk, wiggliness, wordplay, word play

., about, accelerando, ace, act, actor's line, act out, adagio, adaptation, add, afterpiece, allegorically, allegretto, allegro, amateur, amiss, amuse, appear, argument, assist, assumption, author, backboard, bag, balk, ball carrier, ball club, bandstand, bang out, baseball club, baseball play, basketball backboard, basketball play, bassist, beach ball, bewildering, bezique, big, blockbuster, blocker, blow, book, booking, bout, bow, boy, break, bugle, bunk off, burbage, card player, caressing, carry, cast, casting, cast of characters, cavort, center, centering, character, chessboard, chess club, chess set, child's play, chip, chord, chorus, clean, climax, club, co-star, connect, continuation, cool, costume, costumer, costume designer, costumier, cover, cricket, critical review, critique, croquet, cuddling, culmination, curl, curtain call, curtain raiser, dabble, delusional disorder, dice, disport, dormie, dormy, double play, double reverse, double tongue, down, dramatically, dramatic composition, dramatic irony, dramatic work, dramatis personae, dramatization, drum, dry run, dull, electric, enact, end, end-to-end, enter, entr'acte, epilog, epilogue, error, exhibition season, exposition, extraneous, extra innings, face-off, fantan, favorably, female, fictional character, fictitious character, fiddle, field, fielder's choice, field general, figure, final period, fireman, first half, first period, flop, fondling, football play, fragment, frame, free agency, free agent, frisk, frolic, full-length, fullback, fumble, gamble, gambol, game, game room, goal, golf, golf club, graceless, grand guignol, greek chorus, grotty, ground, guard, half, handoff, hardball, harmonise, harmonize, harp, heavy, hero, histrionics, hognose snake, hoot, horseplay, house, hugging, indication, ingenue, inning, inside, iridescent, jackie robinson, jacks, jackstones, jack roosevelt robinson, jar, jazz, jolt, jump ball, jungle gym, kissing, lark, lark about, last half, legato, legs, lento, libretto, life, line of scrimmage, literary argument, lousy, lymphokine, make, make-believe, make believe, man-to-man, medalist, medallist, medal winner, megahit, memorably, memorize, mind game, miracle play, mise en scene, misplay, modernization, modestly, monkey, monotonously, morality play, mousetrap, musical, musical comedy, musical theater, mystery, mystery play, mystery story, nacreous, name part, necking, nine, nonspeaking, notice, one-on-one, onside, on all fours, opalesce, opalescent, opaline, open, original, otiose, outdoor stage, outside, overtime period, overtrump, overwork, paddle, paint, parliament, paronomasia, part, pass, passing, passing game, passing play, passion play, pearlescent, pen, penuchle, performance, period, period of play, persona, peter pan, petting, piano teacher, pingpong paddle, pinochle, pinocle, pipe, pipe up, playday, playfellow, playground, playhouse, playing period, playlet, playmate, playpen, playroom, playscript, playtime, play hooky, play out, play reading, play therapy, plot, plot line, ponderously, position, possessive, prelude, premiere, present, pretence, pretend, pretense, preview, producer, prologue, prop, property, puff adder, pun, punning, putout, put out, quarter, quarterback, quarterfinal, quaver, rag, razmataz, razzle, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz, reenact, ref, referee, rehearsal, replay, represent, representation, rerun, retire, reverse, review, review article, richard burbage, riff, robinson, rock band, rock group, role, rollick, romp, romper, rompers, romper suit, roulette ball, round, ruff, ruffle, rumpus room, run, running, running game, running play, run around, sandbox, sandlot, sandpile, sand viper, scenario, scene, score, scrimmage, scrimmage line, script, scripted, scrum, scrummage, scuffer, second fiddle, second half, second period, sequel, serenade, serious, seriously, serve, service, set, setting, sevens, shark, shocker, shoot craps, show bill, show card, shtik, shylock, sight-read, sign, signal caller, skiffle group, skirl, skittle, skylark, sleeping beauty, slur, smash hit, smooching, smut, snap, sneer, snuggling, soft-pedal, soil, sound effect, speech, splash around, sport, sporting, sportsmanlike, squeeze play, staccato, stage, stage direction, stage setting, stand, start, storyline, study, sudden death, superficies, supervised, support, suspense, sweeney todd, swing, sympathetic, symphonise, symphonize, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquet, tackle, tamper, tartufe, tartuffe, technical, technical foul, telescope, temperament, tennis club, tennis racket, tennis racquet, theatrical, theatrical performance, theatrical poster, theatrical role, theme song, third, third period, thriller, throw-in, tiebreaker, time-out, title role, todd, touchback, tournament, tourney, trap play, trick or treat, trill, triple-tongue, triple play, trump, trumpet, turn, tweedle, twofer, unactable, unblock, uncompleted, underplay, unfavorably, untheatrical, utility man, vivace, wanton, warble, wendy house, whist drive, whodunit, wordplay, words, written, wrongly

athletic game, game

act, action, activeness, activity, alteration, amount, assume, attempt, beat, behave, change, compete, consider, contend, create, deal, deploy, discharge, displace, diversion, do, dramatic composition, dramatic work, effort, employment, endeavor, endeavour, exercise, exhaust, exploit, feign, freedom, gamble, go, humor, humour, locomote, look at, make, manipulate, measure, modification, motion, movability, movableness, move, movement, perform, plan of action, quantity, quantum, re-create, recreation, sham, show, simulate, sound, take, travel, try, tucker, tucker out, usage, use, utilisation, utilization, vie, wit, witticism, wittiness

act, act as, bid, bring, caper, child's play, dally, diddle, drama, encounter, fiddle, flirt, free rein, frolic, fun, gambling, gambol, gaming, looseness, make-believe, make for, maneuver, manoeuvre, meet, period of play, play on, playact, playing period, pretend, recreate, render, represent, roleplay, romp, run, shimmer, spiel, sport, take on, toy, trifle, turn, unreal, work, wreak