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player
English
Etymology
From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English ple?ere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), equivalent to play +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ple??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ple??(?)/
- Rhymes: -e??(?)
- Hyphenation: play?er
Noun
player (plural players)
- One that plays
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a gamester.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media, such as CD player.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as media player.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- 1977 March 24, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”, Warner Bros.:
- Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’ / Players only love you when they’re playin’ / Say women, they will come and they will go / When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know
- 1977 March 24, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac, “Dreams”, Warner Bros.:
Synonyms
- (one who plays; (game) participant; athlete): laker
- (one who plays the field): See Thesaurus:libertine
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- baller
Anagrams
- Rapley, parley, pearly, prelay, replay
Middle English
Noun
player
- Alternative form of pleyer
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English player.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?plej.e?/
Noun
player m (plural players)
- (Brazil) (electronics) player (electronic device or software application that plays media)
- Synonyms: tocador, leitor
- (video games) player (a person or artificial intelligence that competes in a video game)
- Synonym: jogador
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:player.
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rolldown
English
Etymology
roll +? down
Adjective
rolldown (not comparable)
- Capable of being rolled down.
- 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
- Then he rolled down the wooden blinds inside, opened the door and pulled halfway down the metal rolldown shutter outside.
- 1992, Aras Ören, Please, no police
Noun
rolldown (plural rolldowns)
- (pinball, often attributive) An older form of pinball where the player rolls a ball manually down the table rather than propelling it onto the table with a plunger.
- 1948, Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)
- New rolldown uses pinball-size balls and, except for the fact that the game has the conventional open rolldown table end and does not use a plunger, the game's playing surface resembles the pinball variation of Bermuda.
- 1949, Billboard (volume 61, page 82)
- Attracted by game operation, many invested heavily in pins and rolldowns prior to last spring.
- 1948, Billboard (24 January 1948, page 76)
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