Meaning

Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
2. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
3. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
4. Ellipsis of toy dog.
5. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
6. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
7. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
8. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by elderly women of the lower classes.

Example Sentences

A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy.

tis a pretie toy to be a Poet.

he had deflowered the abbess, and as many besides of the nuns as he could, and leaves him withal rings, jewels, girdles, and such toys to give them still, when they came to visit him.

Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements.

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.

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 […].

To fly about playing their wanton toys.

What if a toy take 'em i'th' heels now, and they all run away.

Word Forms

• toys
• toying
• toyed
• more toy
• most toy

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When Should You Use Toy?

Use toy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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