byplay
- n incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
- A bit of byplay to National Politics took place last week in New York.
- Ratner's challenge, and that of screenwriter Jeff Nathanson, is giving the stars enough comedy byplay to keep audiences awake between the big action scenes, and RH 3 gets it done.
- Although they failed to draw enemy fire from the opposite bank, the Turks, who take soldiering seriously, refused to admit that the byplay had been sport.