roleplay

See also: rôleplay and role-play

English

Alternative forms

rôleplay
role-play

Etymology

From role (“expected behavior”) + play (“perform, act”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈrəʊl.pleɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈrol.pleɪ/

Verb

roleplay (third-person singular simple present 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.
- 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎, archived from the original on 4 August 2022, retrieved 27 July 2022, 30:18 from the start:
  The particular person roleplaying Beatty in that battle suggested summarily executing Seymour and dumping him overboard.

Translations

To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.

French: rôler (fr)
Spanish: rolear

Noun

roleplay (countable and uncountable, plural roleplays)

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.
The practice of roleplaying.

Synonyms

RP

Translations

roleplaying game — see roleplaying game

Anagrams

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