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

  • (..) Eighty-five? That puts you... off the pace. Ooh... that's bad. Why don't you just say it? I'm the worst toy maker in the world. I'm a cotton-headed ninny-muggins. No, buddy, you're not cotton- headed ninny-muggins. We all just have different talents (..)
    2003 Elf
  • (..) Santa's workshop. Only two weeks left till Christmas! I- It's a job only an elf can do. Our... our nimble fingers, Natural cheer and active minds Are perfect for toy-building. They... they tried using gnomes And trolls, But the gnomes drank too much... ...and the trolls weren't toilet trained. (..)
    2003 Elf