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Toy
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- 1 Impractical or unsuitable for real-world use, due to being unrealistically small or simple. attributive
"Our evaluation scenarios are purposefully simplistic […] This implies that the scenarios are quite toy and not representative of real deployments."
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
"A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy."
- 2 any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets wordnet
- 3 A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
"tis a pretie toy to be a Poet."
- 4 a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size wordnet
- 5 A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
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- 6 an artifact designed to be played with wordnet
- 7 Ellipsis of toy dog. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements."
- 8 a device regarded as providing amusement wordnet
- 9 Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling. obsolete
"Then seemed him his Lady by him lay, / And to him playnd, how that false winged boy, / Her chast hart had subdewd, to learne Dame pleasures toy."
- 10 a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) wordnet
- 11 A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim. obsolete
"Though they do talk with you, and seem to be otherwise employed, and to your thinking very intent and busy, still that toy runs in their mind, that fear, that suspicion, that abuse, that jealousy […]."
- 12 An old story; a silly tale. obsolete
"More strange than true: I never may believe these antique fables, nor these fairy toys."
- 13 A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by elderly women of the lower classes. Scotland, archaic
"Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid."
- 14 Ellipsis of sex toy. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, euphemistic
- 15 An inferior graffiti artist. derogatory, slang
"It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces."
- 16 A gun. Multicultural-London-English, slang
"RONNIE: Now, that is a SIG Sauer P226. JIMMY VICKERS (played by Danny Dyer): Yeah, takes 19 in the clip. It’s effective up to 50 metres. RONNIE: Man knows his toys."
- 17 The penis. dated, euphemistic, slang
- 18 The vagina. dated, euphemistic, slang
- 19 A watch. dated, slang
"a toy and tackle (a watch and chain)"
- 20 A small jar (about an inch across) used to hold prepared opium. dated, slang
"Sonia, with a woman's dainty deftness in small matters, dug out the chocolate-colored opium from a little white jar, a "toey," cooking it over a steady flame of peanut-oil."
- 21 A small ball of opium (about the size of a pea). dated, slang
"I smoked a toy a day, same as on the ship. You could buy a small toy for two dollars."
- 1 To play (with) in an idle or desultory way. intransitive
"to toy with a piece of food on one’s plate"
- 2 engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously wordnet
- 3 To ponder or consider. intransitive
"I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business."
- 4 manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination wordnet
- 5 To stimulate with a sex toy. slang, transitive
"He could see her hand go to her slit, and soon she was toying herself along, breathing heavily."
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- 6 behave carelessly or indifferently wordnet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew.
Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew.
Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew.
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