intransitive. To play the vagabond or rogue. Obsolete.

In the phrase to play the‥varlet. Obsolete.

to play the jack (also jacks): to act in a dishonest, deceitful, or underhand manner. Chiefly with with a person. Obsolete.

intransitive. To wander about in the manner of a rogue; to live like a tramp or vagrant. In later use also: to behave like a rogue or rascal. Now ar…

(intransitive) to act the part of a scaramouch, or to behave like a scaramouch.

intransitive. To behave like a blackguard (blackguard, n. 6); to speak abusively or scurrilously.