Playstation

//ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand.

    "His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of PlayStation. alt-of, misspelling
  3. 3
    The original PlayStation.
Verb
  1. 1
    To play on the PlayStation video game console. rare

    "Mark Bond, designer “25 years ago I was bouncing around on my Space-hopper, watching Thunderbirds and playing Kerplunk. 25 years later, I have just bought a Sacco bean-bag from Coexistence to sit on whilst Playstationing.^([sic])[…]”"

Synonyms

All synonyms
ps

Example

More examples

"Since the release of the PlayStation 2, game store shelves have blossomed with a variety of new titles."

Etymology

Compound of play + station; coined by American multinational software company Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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video game

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