/ Dictionary / Index P playmaker: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: play•mak•er Pronunciation: (plā'mā"kur), [key] — n. Sports. an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score. a playwright; dramatist. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: playmaker (Thesaurus) playlist playmate Related Content Daily Word Quiz: morose Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language