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
  • (..) Did you take the top off of the tower? ...carefully took the entire top off of that tower? You know the rules. This isn't a toy. - Um, well, it kind of is. - No. Actually, it's a highly sophisticated interlocking brick system. - But we bought it at the toy store. (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie
  • (..) - Don't you have any friends around here? - No, I'm new. Why don't you just come in and play here? But you only have boy stuff. I want to play with my toys too, you know. How come you're a grown-up, but you don't have a wife? I don't know. - Don't you even have a girlfriend? (..)
    2015 Virgin Mountain