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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

  • (..) Mind if l cut in? How about sitting out the next one, babe, huh? Whoop! Hey, whoa, let me out! Let me out! Come, Cleo, join the party. Dance! Ooh, nice. Gathering toys Formy little boy - Look! Pretty! - Oh! Help! Wh-Wh-Wh-Where's the bucket? Help! Water! Where's the water? (..)
    1940 Pinocchio