byplay
Collocations
4ADJ.
amusing
BYPLAY + NOUN
enginemen
PREP.
with
ADV.
occasionally
Definitions
noun
Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
[...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.
The father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.
Any action, by supporting actor.
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Synonyms
noun — incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effec
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Example Bank
2[...] there had been some amusing byplay with the enginemen as to what might be expected to happen if the engines failed to behave themselves properly.
WiktionaryThe father-son byplay is occasionally overdone and tedious, but there is a genuine warmth in both the Oland-Luke and the Toler-Sen Yung teamings.
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