roleplay
Etymology
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Etymology
From role ("expected behavior") + play ("perform, act").
Pronunciation Verbroleplay (roleplays, present participle roleplaying; simple past and past participle roleplayed)
- (intransitive) To act out a scenario or fantasy with another person or other people.
- To spice up their sex life, they like to roleplay.
- (transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.
- He likes to roleplay a vampire.
- (transitive, intransitive, by extension) To act out a social role that one does not truly belong to.
- He talks like he's some scrappy bootstrap entrepreneur but he's just some old money rich kid roleplaying.
- French: rôler
- Spanish: rolear
roleplay
- The act or practice of roleplaying; an instance of roleplaying.
- 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
- Roy: Let's do some roleplay, OK? Do you think that would be a good idea?
Moss: It helped me learn how to buy sandwiches.
- Roy: Let's do some roleplay, OK? Do you think that would be a good idea?
- 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:
- The practice of roleplaying.
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