playing

From Middle English playing; equivalent to play +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪɪŋ

playing (plural playings)

1. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.
   • 2009 January 19, Edward Wyatt, “‘Big Love’ Gets a Big Tie to Real World”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     […] the Nielsen figures show that average viewership across all playings fell by only 40 percent and that total viewership of the entire season’s episodes fell by only 20 percent.

• playing time

playing

1. present participle and gerund of play

• plygain

• pleiingue, pleying, pleing, pleyynge, playinge, pleyinge, pleiing, plawyng, pleiyng, pleyenge

From pleyen +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛi̯inɡ/, /ˈplɛi̯ənɡ/, /plɛi̯nɡ/

playing (plural playinges)

1. playing, having fun, entertainment, revelry.
2. The playing of a game or sport; ludic entertainment.
3. The participation or running of a play or performance.
4. (rare) The duration something is boiling for.
5. (rare) comedy, humour.

• English: playing

• “pleiinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.

playing

1. (rare) jestfully

• “pleiinge, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.