verb (used without object) 1.to engage in make-believe.
2.to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
verb (used with object) 4.to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.
Origin: 1895–1900; back formation from
playacting; see
play,
act,
-ing1 Related forms play·act·ing, noun
play·ac·tor, noun