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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;
- Example: "his business with the cane was hilarious"
[syn: business, stage business, byplay]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Byplay \By"play\, n.
   Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the
   main action proceeds.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

byplay
    n 1: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic
         effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn:
         business, stage business, byplay]