Toy

Pronunciation: toi

n.	1.
	1.	A plaything for children; a bawble.
	2.	A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle. They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys, great abundance of gold and pearl. - Abr. Abbot.
	3.	A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. To fly about playing their wanton toys. - Spenser. What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they all run away. - Beau. & Fl. Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell. - Drayton.
	4.	Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. To dally thus with death is no fit toy. - Spenser.
	5.	An old story; a silly tale.
	6.	A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; - called also toy mutch.
v. i.	1.	To dally amorously; to trifle; to play. [imp. & p. p. toyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. toying.] To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	To treat foolishly.

Noun	1.	toy - an artifact designed to be played with Synonyms: plaything
	2.	toy - a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove"
	3.	toy - copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size Synonyms: miniature
	4.	toy - any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets Synonyms: toy dog
Verb	1.	toy - behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" Synonyms: dally, flirt, play
	2.	toy - 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" Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, play
	3.	toy - engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stockmarket"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" Synonyms: play

toy - A computer system; always used with qualifiers.

1. "nice toy": One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately.

2. "just a toy": A machine that yields insufficient computron s for the speaker's preferred uses. This is not condemnatory, as is bitty box; toys can at least be fun. It is also strongly conditioned by one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a "toy", and certainly all RISC boxes and mainframes are toys by their standards. See also Get a real computer!.

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