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. | |
3. | A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion. | |
4. | Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. | |
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 | |
v. i. | 1. | To dally amorously; to trifle; to play. |
v. t. | 1. | To treat foolishly. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() 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" |
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" | |
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 computrons 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!. |