play it by ear
To improvise; to decide how to act as the situation develops.
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play money
Banknotes of any foreign currency.
play number two
To engage in anal sex; to bugger; to sodomize.
play off
To portray (something) (as unimportant); to dismiss or make light of (a factor in a situation, or one's embarrassment about it); to pretend not to be embarrassed, upset, impressed, or otherwise affected by (it).
play on
To exploit (a potential weakness or vulnerability) by exacerbating.
play out
To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
play pussy
To conceal one's aircraft by taking advantage of cloud cover, moving from one cloud to another.
play second fiddle
Take subordinate role.
play the clitar
To masturbate by stimulating one's clitoris.
play the field
Indulge in a series of sexual relationships without commitment.
play the skin flute
To perform fellatio.
play the white man
That someone is attempting to be decent and trustworthy in their actions.
play through
To overtake a slower group of players ahead of one's own group, rather than waiting for them to finish the hole before proceeding.
play to
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, to.
play to the gallery
Act in order to appeal to popular taste.
play tonsil hockey
To kiss with the tongue; French kiss.
play up to
To try to gain favour with by flattery.
play with oneself
To masturbate.
playa
A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
playception
A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play.
player hater
One who resents another person's success.
playerhood
The state or condition of a player
playette
A female player (person who plays the field).
playful as a kitten
Very playful
plazzy
A plastic (fake) Scouser; a person from the area around Liverpool but not the city itself, especially one who claims to be Scouse.
plead down
To plead guilty in a plea bargain, usually in exchange for lighter charges.
plead out
To plead guilty in a plea bargain, usually in exchange for a lighter sentence.
plead over
To abandon the right to pursue a legal issue by not spotting it in time or not raising an objection in court.
plead up
To plead guilty, especially to elevated charges in a plea bargain, such as to avoid a trial or to avoid immigration proceedings.
pleb
A freshman cadet at a military academy.
plebe
A freshman cadet at a military academy.
plebeskin
Any of various clothing items (blouse, overcoat or trousers) issued to a new cadet at a military academy.
plenty as blackberries
Very plentiful, very abundant.
plinger
A professional beggar.
plonky
Of wine: having the qualities of plonk; cheap and inferior.
ploppy
An unskilled gambler.
plopter
A tiltrotor aircraft.
plot bunny
An idea for a story, usually referring to an author having more ideas than they can use.
plot coupon
An object sought by a character in a story in order to achieve some objective, having little purpose beyond advancing the plot.
plot out
To plan out a plot for a story or to create a scheme or plan.
plotter
An author who usually relies on a plan or outline to organize their story.
plough ahead
Commonwealth English standard spelling of plow ahead.
plough down
To dig up and incorporate a legume crop into the soil by ploughing it over when it is fully grown.
plough into
To crash into something.
plough on
To continue with a task despite it being menial, difficult, or boring
plough over
To dig through and loosen soil using a plough.
plough through
To persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.
plow ahead
To continue doing something difficult; to continue without regard for resistance.
plow back
To reinvest profits into a business.
plow in
To cover by plowing
plow into
To crash into something.
plow through
US standard spelling of plough through.
plow under
To destory (crops) by turning them into the ground with a plow
plow up
To uncover or unearth (something) through plowing.
pluck
An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
pluck out
To remove by plucking.
pluck up
To remove or acquire by plucking from, for example, the ground; to pick up.
plucked
Having courage and spirit; plucky.
plug
A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
plug away
To persist or continue, as with an effort.