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SWORDPLAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swordplay mean?
• SWORDPLAY (noun)
The noun SWORDPLAY has 1 sense:
1. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Familiarity information: SWORDPLAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
play; swordplay
Hypernyms ("swordplay" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "swordplay"):
fencing (the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules))
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