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

  • (..) Brilliant, Jack. Brilliant. I surrender. - That is a live grenade. - Sure. You will sacrifice your son to get me. I am flattered, but I doubt it. Andy, pick up the grenade. Go on. Show it to me. Jack, that toy cannot hurt the boy. But this one can. Focus! Come on, focus! People are trying to sleep. (..)
    1993 Last Action Hero