Byplay
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Byplay is a noun meaning (theater) Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
Meaning
(theater) Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action.
More Meanings
- Any action, by supporting actor.
Example Sentences
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.
[...] 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.
Word Forms
- byplays
- by-play
Synonyms for byplay
Depending on context, synonyms include business.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include business, by-play, play, playing, playlet, playwork.
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