'Toy' definitions:

Definition of 'toy'

(from WordNet)
noun
An artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything, toy]
noun
A nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove"
noun
A device regarded as providing amusement; "private airplanes are a rich man's toy"
noun
A copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size [syn: miniature, toy]
noun
Any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets [syn: toy dog, toy]
verb
Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt]
verb
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" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play]
verb
Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" [syn: play, toy]

Definition of 'Toy'

From: GCIDE
  • Toy \Toy\ (toi), n. [D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash, speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials, MNG. ziuc, Icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of E. tug, v. t.; cf. G. zeugen to beget, MHG. ziugen to beget, make ready, procure. See Tug, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle. [1913 Webster]
  • They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. --Abr. Abbot. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. [1913 Webster]
  • To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they all run away. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. [Probably the same word.] A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. [Scot.] "Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid." --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Toy'

From: GCIDE
  • Toy \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.] To dally amorously; to trifle; to play. [1913 Webster]
  • To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Toy'

From: GCIDE
  • Toy \Toy\, v. t. To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576). [1913 Webster]