Play

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Play most commonly refers to:

• Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
• Play (theatre), a work of drama

Play may refer also to:

Computers and technology

• Google Play, a digital content service
• Play Framework, a Java framework
• Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider
• Xperia Play, an Android phone
• Rakuten.co.uk (formerly Play.com), an online retailer
• Backlash (engineering), or play, non-reversible part of movement
• Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances
• Play symbol, in media control devices
• Play (hacker group), a ransomware extortion group

Film

• Play (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson
• Play, a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan
• Play (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund
• Play!, a Japanese film directed by Tomoyuki Furumaya
• Rush (2012 film), an Indian film earlier titled Play and also known as Raftaar 24 x 7
• The Play (film), a 2013 Indian Bengali-language film
• Aattam or The Play, a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language film

Games and sports

• Gameplay
• Play from scrimmage in American and Canadian football
• The Play (American football), a famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears to beat the Stanford Cardinal in 1982

Literature and publications

• Play (play), written by Samuel Beckett
• Play (The New York Times), a sports magazine
• Play (UK magazine), a UK PlayStation magazine
• Play (US magazine), a US video game, manga and anime magazine
• Play (PRC magazine), a Chinese PC gaming magazine

Music

Television

• Play (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series
• Television play
• "Play" (Not Going Out), a 2013 episode
• "The Play", 1993 episode of Matlock
• "The Play", 2011 episode of The Middle
• "The Play", 1968 episode of Mission: Impossible
• "The Play", 1986 episode of Mr. Belvedere
• "The Play", 2005 episode of Zoey 101

Media

Video games

• Play, The Videogames World, European exhibition
• Wii Play, 2006

Other uses

• Play (airline), an Icelandic low-cost airline
• Play (Jonker), a 2002 sculpture
• Play (BDSM), "kinky" activities
• Play! Pavilion, a planned Epcot pavilion
• Play 99.6 (radio), Jordan
• Dave & Buster's, NYSE symbol
• Word play, a literary technique and wit in which words become the work's main subject
• 99.5 Play FM, radio station in Metro Manila, Philippines

See also

• Player (disambiguation)

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