toy

Plural: toys

Noun

• an artifact designed to be played with
• a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier)
  • "a toy stove"
• a device regarded as providing amusement
  • "private airplanes are a rich man's toy"
• a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size
• any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
• Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
• A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
• A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
• Ellipsis of toy dog.
• Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
• A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
• An old story; a silly tale.
• A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by elderly women of the lower classes.
• Ellipsis of sex toy.
• An inferior graffiti artist.
• A gun.
• The penis.
• The vagina.
• A watch.
• A small jar (about an inch across) used to hold prepared opium.
• A small ball of opium (about the size of a pea).

Verb

Verb Forms: toyed, toying, toys

• To amuse oneself idly or play with something.
• behave carelessly or indifferently
• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
  • "toy with an idea"
• To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
• To ponder or consider.
• To stimulate with a sex toy.

Adj

• Impractical or unsuitable for real-world use, due to being unrealistically small or simple.

Examples

• A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy.
• a toy and tackle (a watch and chain)
• Figo is toying with the English defence.
• I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business.
• Some players like to TOY with their opponents, playing small words before a big score.
• to toy with a piece of food on one’s plate

Synonyms

dally, diddle, fiddle, flirt, miniature, play, plaything, toy dog, D, Donkey Kong, Grand Canyon, John Thomas, Jonathan, Master John Goodfellow, Percy, Virginia, Yiddish), anaconda, axe wound, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, bearded clam, beaver, berk, birdie, bit, bobby, bonne bouche, boonga, box, bun, bush, cack, cavern, choad, choda, chode, chopper, cigar, clunge, cock, coin slot, colloquial, cooch, coochie, cookie, cooter, cooze, corey, crack, crank, crevice, cucumber, cunny, cunt, custard launcher, dick, dicklet, diddly, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipstick, dirk, disco stick, dog bone, dong, donger, doodle, dork, down, fanny, fire hose, fish lips, foo-foo, front bottom, front bum, front hole, fuckpole, gash, gherkin, ginch, girl, hairy canary, hammer, hog, honeypot, hoo-ha, hoo-hoo, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, innie, it, jade stalk, jamoke, jigger, jimmy, jock, johnson, joint, joystick, juice box, kebab, kielbasa, kitty, knob, la-la, lad, langer, lingam, love box, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love tunnel, love wand, machine, magnum, male member, man-meat, manhood, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meatstick, member, membrum virile, minge, minnie, monosyllable, moocha, muff, muffin, nature's scythe, nob, nonny, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, penis fly trap, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pingas, pink, pink bits, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, poontang, pork sword, prick, pud, pump, punani, purple-headed yogurt slinger, pussy, putz, python, quim, ramrod, rape tool, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, sausage wallet, schlong, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, sheath, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, slit, snake, snapper, snatch, snausage, spitstick, squish mitten, stem, stench trench, strange, stretcher, sucker, sugar walls, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thing, thingy, third leg, tic tac, todger, tool, toy, toy mutch, trap, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, tuppence, twat, twinkle, unit, va-jay-jay, vadge, vag, vagina, vaginer, vertical smile, virile member, vulva, wang, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whang, whisker biscuit, wick, widdler, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, wizard's sleeve, yard, ying-yang

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