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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 my hood! It's my hood! I ain't seen this thing in years! Well, it fits perfectly. How do I look? Ah-choo! Oh, dang. You are a toy car! You are a sad, strange little wagon and you have my pity. Farewell. Oh, yeah? Well, good riddance, you loony! Hey, I hate to break up the road rally, (..)
    2006 Cars