Hypertext Webster Gateway: "byplay"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Byplay \By"play\, n.
Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the
main action proceeds.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
byplay
n : incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic
effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn:
{business}, {stage business}]
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