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

  • (..) for me to work? Agent Romanoff, could you show Dr Banner to his laboratory, please? You're gonna love it, Doc. We got all the toys. Put it over there. Where did you find all these people? S.H.I.E.L.D. Has no shortage of enemies, Doctor. Is this the stuff you need? (..)
    2012 The Avengers