Meaning

5 senses
  1. Tactics used to magnify power or influence.

    Machtspiel

  2. A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.

  3. A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.

    большинство́bolʹšinstvó

    (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties

  4. A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.

  5. A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Everything is a power play to him.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
ice hockey:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tactics:

Forms

plural: power plays

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power:squeeze playsqueeze

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpower move

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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