An artifact designed to be played with
A plaything for children; a bawble.
Noun
any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
Noun
copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size
Noun
an artifact designed to be played with
Noun
a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove"
Verb
engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stockmarket"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"
Verb
manipulate manually or in one''s mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don''t fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate"
Verb
behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl''s affection"
v. t.
A plaything for children; a bawble.
v. t.
A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
trade of little value; a trifle.
v. t.
A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
opinion.
v. t.
Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime.
v. t.
An old story; a silly tale.
v. t.
A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the
shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy
mutch.
v. i.
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
v. t.
To treat foolishly.
Toy
They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl.3.
To fly about playing their wanton toys.
What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all run away.
Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.4.
To dally thus with death is no fit toy.5.
Toy
To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest.
Toy
A plaything for children; a bawble.
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
To treat foolishly.
Usage Examples
I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.
Whenever I fail as a father or husband... a toy and a diamond always works.
I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome.
Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
I would make my mom buy me the toy doctor kit.
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Other Usage ExamplesI kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.
No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence.
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
Sports is the toy department of human life.
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years.
My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Christmas was a pair of trampoline moon shoes. You strap them to your feet and they have springs on them, and you can just jump around!
Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other.
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