Table of Contents THESAURUS

RELATED WORDS : baseball play basketball play bear's ear cauliflower ear child's play double play dramatic play draw play ear ear canal ear doctor ear fungus ear hole ear lobe ear piercing ear specialist ear splitting ear trumpet elephant ear elephant's ear external ear football play force play foul play give ear in one ear in play inner ear internal ear lion's ear match play medal play midas's ear middle ear miracle play morality play mouse ear mystery play out of play outer ear passing play passion play period of play play play a joke on play a trick on play along play around play around with play back play ball play down play dumb play false play group play havoc with play hooky play it by ear play list play off play on play on words play out play possum play reading play safe play the game play the market play therapy play up play up to play with fire power play puppet play running play safety squeeze play satyr play shadow play squeeze play stroke play suicide squeeze play tin ear to one ear trap play triple play vestibule of the ear word play

THESAURUS

play by ear

accompany, ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, chord, concertize, cook up, dash off, do, do offhand, execute, extemporize, fake, go off half-cocked, have no plan, improvisate, improvise, interpret, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make music, make up, perform, play, render, scrap the plan, strike off, symphonize, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing it

For further exploring for "play by ear" in Webster Dictionary Online