playa
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ə noun
Western U.S. the sandy, salty, or mud-caked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage, usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged, heavy rains.
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playa (ˈplɑːjə, Spanish ˈplaja) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (in the US) a temporary lake, or its dry often salty bed, in a desert basin | |
| [Spanish: shore, from Late Latin plagia, from Greek plagios slanting, from plagos side; compare French plage beach] | |
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Playa
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | playa |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a colloquial spelling for player, in the sense of a person who is involved and influential in an activity |
| Example: | Are you a playa? |
| Usage: | slang |
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Science Dictionary
| playa (plī'ə) Pronunciation Key
A dry lake bed at the bottom of a desert basin, sometimes temporarily covered with water. Playas have no vegetation and are among the flattest geographical features in the world. Also called sink. |
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Slang Dictionary
playa definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Learn how wind can push rocks the size of small appliances hundreds of feet across a desert playa.
Also called a playa, sink, or salt pan environment: noun: conditions that surround and influence an organism or community.
You're not supposed to throw anything away on the playa.
The serene beauty was overwhelming with clouds of dust blowing across the playa in the warm breeze.
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