noun
Meaning 1
Hand-to-hand combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Standard Lemma guide
handplay
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Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Meaning 2
In the game of skat, the playing of one's hand without using the skat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: card-games, games
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History
Etymology
Combat sense: perhaps from Middle English *handpleie, from Old English handplega (“fighting”), equivalent to hand + play. Compare swordplay.