Sekirov Dictionary

toy

/tɔɪ/

noun 16
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 7
phrases 2

noun16

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a thing that someone, usually a child, uses when playing for fun
- A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy.
(euphemistic) Ellipsis of sex toy.
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(slang) A gun.
- 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. — 2013
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A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- tis a pretie toy to be a Poet. — 1587
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(slang, disapproving) An inferior graffiti artist.
- It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces. — 2009
(slang, old-fashioned) The penis.
(slang, old-fashioned) The vagina.
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Ellipsis of toy dog.
- Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements. — 1968
A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
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(slang, old-fashioned) A watch.
- Me and the other one went by ourselves; he was very tricky (clever) at getting a poge or a toy, but he would not touch toys because we was afraid of being turned over (searched). — 1879
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(slang, old-fashioned) A small ball of opium (about the size of a pea).
- I smoked a toy a day, same as on the ship. You could buy a small toy for two dollars. — 1989
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(slang, old-fashioned) A small jar (about an inch across) used to hold prepared opium.
- 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. — 1915
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(no longer used) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
- 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 […]. — 1624
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(no longer used) An old story; a silly tale.
- More strange than true: I never may believe these antique fables, nor these fairy toys. — 1595
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(no longer used) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
- 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. — 1590
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(Scotland, no longer used) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by elderly women of the lower classes.
- Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid. — 1814

verb3

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To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- Figo is toying with the English defence.
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To ponder or consider.
- I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business.
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(slang) To stimulate with a sex toy.
- He could see her hand go to her slit, and soon she was toying herself along, breathing heavily. — 2013

adjective[before a noun]1

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Impractical or unsuitable for real-world use, due to being unrealistically small or simple.
- Our evaluation scenarios are purposefully simplistic […] This implies that the scenarios are quite toy and not representative of real deployments. — 2024

forms

toyed · toying · toyeth · toys · toyest · more toy · most toy

Phrases with toy

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