COQUETRIES Synonyms

• a contest with rules to determine a winner

• a single play of a sport or other contest

• an amusement or pastime

• animal hunted for food or sport

• (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

• (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

• the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

• a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

• the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

• your occupation or line of work

• frivolous or trifling behavior

• disabled in the feet or legs

• willing to face danger

• place a bet on

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• a theatrical performance of a drama

• a preset plan of action in team sports

• a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

• a state in which action is feasible

• utilization or exercise

• an attempt to get something

• activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

• (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

• the removal of constraints

• a weak and tremulous light

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• movement or space for movement

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

• the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

• participate in games or sport

• act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome

• play on an instrument

• play a role or part

• be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

• replay (as a melody)

• perform music on (a musical instrument)

• pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

• move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

• bet or wager (money)

• engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

• pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity

• emit recorded sound

• perform on a certain location

• put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• behave in a certain way

• cause to emit recorded audio or video

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• use to one's advantage

• consider not very seriously

• be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space

• perform on a stage or theater

• be performed or presented for public viewing

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream

• make bets

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• shoot or hit in a particular manner

• use or move

• employ in a game or in a specific position

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

• the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

• playful vexation

• the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

• playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

• arousing sexual desire without intending to satisfy it

• causing irritation or annoyance

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest

• playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest