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US
/ˈtɔɪ/
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[ UK /tˈɔɪ/ ]
[ UK /tˈɔɪ/ ]
NOUN
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a device regarded as providing amusement
private airplanes are a rich man's toy - any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
- a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
- an artifact designed to be played with
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a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
a toy stove
VERB
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manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
She played nervously with her wedding ring
Don't fiddle with the screws
He played with the idea of running for the Senate -
engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
play the stock market
toy with an idea
play with her feelings
They played games on their opponents -
behave carelessly or indifferently
Play about with a young girl's affection
How To Use toy In A Sentence
- The men practised various traditional crafts, such as carving toys out of bone.
- Louis XIV spent 200,000 gold francs for the construction of the royal kennels at Versailles where he kenneled hunting hounds, truffle terriers and toy poodles.
- Part 6 of the Shadow of the Bat (27: 00) takes another thoroughly extensive featurette that concentrates on dissecting the "toyetic" nature of DVD Talk
- The seas roiled , tossing the ships in the harbor about like toys in a rain barrel.
- For the kids the knee-jerk tourist products are wooden toys, but they are lumpish, boring objects, unlikely to appeal to any but the most simple-minded of toddlers.
- They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle.
- The first two Toyota pickups we got into wouldn't start, even with eight men rocking them to get the engine to catch.
- The stunts are staged to increase the spectacle, so that when cars pile into each other or toy robots battle, there is an intricate detail and near artistic quality.
- The arcade is an indoor playground, a room full of games and toys, and people playing them.
- I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio. Rodney Dangerfield