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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

  • (..) ...limestone. So? So I'm a rock hound. At least I was in my old life. I'd like to be again. Or maybe you'd like to sink your toy into somebody's skull. No, I have no enemies here. No? Wait a while. Word gets around. The Sisters have taken (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption