Play-by-play Definition
plābī-plā
adjective
Being or giving a detailed running account of the action of an event, especially a sports event, as it occurs.
American Heritage
Recounting each play of a game or each incident of a happening as it occurs or occurred.
Webster's New World
(US) Describing a sports commentary in which a commentator describes every action in some detail, often assisted by a second commentator who provides background information and other comments.
Wiktionary
noun
A detailed commentary of an event as it unfolds.
American Heritage
Such a recounting, as of a sporting event broadcast on TV or radio.
Webster's New World
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