toy

Definition

  • noun: something a child plays with
  • noun: flirtatious or seductive behavior
  • verb: to act or deal with something lightly or without vigor or purpose
  • used to describe an animal (such as a dog) that is the smallest kind of a particular breed

Examples

  • ('US') a 'boy toy' = ('Brit') a 'toy boy' [=a young man who is having a romantic or sexual relationship with an older woman]

  • I 'toyed with' the idea of moving to France but ended up staying here.

  • She 'toyed' [='played'] 'with' her hair while she talked on the phone.

Movie quotes

  • (..) like a stuck pig! You'll bring no justice to your father by dying. There are your ghosts. Wind chimes. A child's toy put to good use. You scare easily, my painted Moor. This forest has eyes. I swear it. In my dreams alone have I imagined such a place. (..)
    1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves