Toy | Mean of toy in English Dictionary

/ˈtoɪ/

• Noun
• something a child plays with
1. Please put away your toys.
2. a plastic/wooden/plush/stuffed toy
• something that an adult buys or uses for enjoyment or entertainment
1. He bought a new TV and a few other toys.
2. Her latest toy is a sports car.
• something that is very small
1. Your car is just a toy compared to this truck.

• a person who is controlled or used by someone else
1. She's just his toy.
2. (US) a boy toy = (Brit) a toy boy [=a young man who is having a romantic or sexual relationship with an older woman]
• Verb
• to think about (something) briefly and not very seriously
1. I toyed with the idea of moving to France but ended up staying here.
• to move or touch (something) with your fingers often without thinking
1. She toyed [=played] with her hair while she talked on the phone.
• to deal with or control (someone or something) in a clever and usually unfair or selfish way
1. Don't toy with my emotions.
2. Do you really love me, or are you just toying with me?
• of, for, or relating to toys
1. a toy store
2. Put your toys back in the toy box/chest.
• of a kind that is meant for a child to play with
1. toy cars/trains
2. toy soldiers [=small figures shaped like soldiers]