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

  • (..) It's completely useless... they know our disposition, including the ant hill. But what's ridiculous and annoying is that we are not able to destroy that toy. The ones from the other side...romanians... The enemy... Here you go. You can sleep in my bed. What a strange smell. (..)
    1965 Forest of the Hanged