1 an object for children to play with:
cuddly / soft toys * The children were playing happily with their toys.
2 an object that you have for enjoyment or pleasure rather than for a serious purpose:
executive toys * His latest toy is the electric drill he bought last week.
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 made as a copy of a particular thing and used for playing with:
a toy car / telephone * toy soldiers
2 (of a dog) of a very small breed:
a toy poodle
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
toy with sth
1 to consider an idea or a plan, but not very seriously and not for a long time:
I did briefly toy with the idea of living in France.
2 to play with sth and move it around carelessly or without thinking:
He kept toying nervously with his pen. * She hardly ate a thing, just toyed with a piece of cheese on her plate. * (figurative) He accused the young man of toying with his daughter's affections.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for toy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is toy a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, toy is tagged as noun.
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