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

  • (..) you've investigated? That's right. Everything you see in here is either haunted, cursed... ...or has been used in some kind of ritualistic practice. Nothing's a toy. Not even the toy monkey. Don't touch it. Oh, ahem. Well, isn't it scary, or doesn't it worry you... ...to have all these items (..)
    2013 The Conjuring