<p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To engage in make-believe.</li><li>To be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.</li><li>To perform in a play.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>To dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.</li></ul>