midplay

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adverb

During a play.

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Meanings

adverbmidplay (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDuring a play.

    LaBute’s plays are, in fact, so provocative that some past audience members have walked out midplay or screamed out “kill the playwright” or slapped an actor’s face after a performance.

    2009 March 29, Pat Jordan, “Neil LaBute Has a Thing About Beauty”, in New York Times

Origin

From mid- + play.

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Cite this entry
APA

midplay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midplay

MLA

“midplay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midplay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “midplay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/midplay.

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