💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Parallel play"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| playnoun | (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. |
| playgamenoun | (archaic) The play of children. |
| circle gamenoun | A children's prank in which a person forms a circle with their thumb and forefinger held below the waist, and anybody caught looking at the circle is subjected to some kind of penalty. |
| thread the needleverb | (idiomatic) To perform a tedious task with extreme precision; to manage to find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc. |
| ring gamenoun | (poker) A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament. |
| playballnoun | A ball for use in games. |
| gamenoun | A playful or competitive activity. |
| follow-the-leadernoun | (games) A children's game in which each person in a line replicates the actions of the one in front. |
| plainsiesnoun | In children's games, such as jacks, the simplest style of play, without additional actions such as clapping. |
| playbooknoun | (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines). |
| parlour gamenoun | Any of a number of amusing games played indoors with few props by the members of a social gathering. |
| red rovernoun | A children's game played by two lines of players, with players sent one at a time to the opposing team's line to attempt to pull apart their linked hands. |
| crisscrossnoun | (countable) A pattern of crossed lines. |
| play fightverb | To engage in such a contest. |
| double-playnoun | Alternative form of double play. [(baseball, softball) A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.] |
| pass the parcelnoun | (games) A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer. |
| player versus playernoun | (video games, roleplaying games) A form of multiplayer interaction in which human players compete against each other. |
| twosiesnoun | A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where two actions must be performed. |
| keep-awaynoun | A children's game in which players pass an object, usually a ball, between each other while trying to prevent a selected player from intercepting it, and if said selected player catches the ball, he or she exchanges places with whoever last touched it. |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
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