Toy

Definition: Toy

Toy

Noun

1. An artifact designed to be played with.

2. A nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove".

3. Copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size.

4. Any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets.

Verb

1. Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection".

2. 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. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "toy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Toy

Amusement

Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles".

Amuse oneself, game; play a game, play pranks, play tricks; sport, disport, toy, wanton, revel, junket, feast, carouse, banquet, make merry, drown care; drive dull care away; frolic, gambol, frisk, romp; caper; dance; (leap); keep up the ball; run a rig, sow one's wild oats, have one's fling, take one's pleasure; paint the town red; see life; desipere in loco, play the fool.

Animal

Dog, hound; pup, puppy; whelp, cur, mongrel; house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog; mastiff; blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound; harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever; Newfoundland; water dog, water spaniel; pug, poodle; turnspit; terrier; fox terrier, Skye terrier; Dandie Dinmont; collie.

Endearment

Bill and coo, spoon, toy, dally, flirt, coquet; gallivant, galavant; philander; make love; pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to; serenade; court, woo; set one's cap at; be sweet upon, look sweet upon; ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon; faire les yeux doux.

Unimportance

Toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, " trifles light as air "; yankee notions.

Crosswords: Toy

Russian (plaything), Turkish (beardless, callow, chicken, colt, dewy-eyed, green, greenhorn, inapt, inexperienced, naïve, punk, raw, runnynose, tenderfoot, unworldly, verdant).

Don't toy with Floris, Schwartz (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

I am not a toy! (Artificial Intelligence: AI; writing credit: Ian Watson)

T-O-Y, toy. (Toy Story; writing credit: John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton)

Well, when I was a kid, I lost a toy pony and I'm still mad. (Vengeance Unlimited; writing credit: Andrew Davies; William Makepeace Thackeray)

Germans are still the best toy makers in the World (Battle of the Bulge; writing credit: Bernard Gordon; John Melson)

Just like a toy (Life Goes On; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes)

With you I'm not a fascist, can't play you like a toy (Rescue Me; performing artist: Madonna)

Your face is pretty and your life's a toy (Been It; performing artist: The Cardigans; writing credit: Persson, Svensson)

Driving all around the city in his pretty new toy (Me, Myself and I; performing artist: Vitamin C)

I'll be your friend, I'll be your toy (I'm Your Man; performing artist: Wham!)

Anything not nailed down is a cat toy. (references; author: unknown)

Parental Observation: An unbreakable toy is useful for breaking other toys. (references; author: unknown)

Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. (references; author: unknown)

The Toy Game (1973)

I Sfragida toy Theou (1969)

The Toy Man (1969)

Love Toy (1968)

The Great Toy Robbery (1963)

Toy Soldiers (performing artist: Martika)

Marvelous Toy, The (performing artist: Tom Paxton)

Marvelous Toy, The (performing artist: Paul and Mary Peter)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Irwin Toy Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Prima Toy & Leisure Group Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Toy Market in Poland: A Strategic Entry Report, 1995 (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Retail Sales by Toy Shops (reference)

• The World Market for Toy Musical Instruments and Apparatus: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The World's Greatest Paper Airplane and Toy Book (reference)

• Disney's Toy Story: A Read-Aloud Storybook (Read-Aloud Storybook) (reference)

• Cut and Assemble a Nutcracker Ballet Toy Theater: A Complete Production in Full Color (reference)

• Cut and Assemble the Wizard of Oz Toy Theater (reference)

• The Toy Book: A Celebration of Slinky and G.I. Joe, Tinker Toys, Hula Hoops, Barbie Dolls, Snoot Flutes, Coon-Skin Caps, Slot Cars, Frisbees, Yo-Yos (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Antique Toy World (reference)

• Toy Book (reference)

• Toy Farmer (reference)

• Toy Journal (reference)

• Toy Library Association Of New South Wales Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Toy Story 2 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Toy Story 2: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Tasco 100x50mm Toy Telescope (reference)

• MG-1501 ELECTRONIC GUITAR TOY (reference)

• Toy Story 2 Activity Center (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Snack Cup Stroller Cup Toy (reference)

• Infant Carrier Fun Bugs Toy Bar (reference)

• Walker with Toy Bar - Bears (reference)

• Especially for Kids Jumbo Toy Hammock (reference)

• Tupperware Shape-O Toy (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Several young children can be seen playing with toy trucks and their pet rabbits. They are outdoors on a summer day, building a play construction site. A farmstyle house and mountains can be seen in the background. These people are part of a large Mormon family who are being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

"Donut Toy" by Donut Toy page.

A firefighter uses a toy hose, a backpack with water to soak an area. Credit: USDA.

Reykir barnid pitt [man and woman smoking, child sitting on toy in background]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Boy holding toy boat. Credit: Library of Congress.

A Christmas present: toy guns or hobby horses] / P. Barlow. Credit: Library of Congress.

Boy and his toy train. Credit: Library of Congress.

The new toy, San Francisco, Chinatown / Arnold Genthe, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alex Mumford Jr., 10 disguised as the man from uncle complete with eye patch, handcuffs, trench coat, knife, gun, briefcase, in Macy's Toy Dept. / World Journal Tribune p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Ted Kell..

Gutter toy merchant, New York City, A. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He had done well to leave her to flirt with her priest, to toy with a church which was the scullerymaid of christendom

Of my kind uncle, that I know will give, And being but a toy, which is no grief to give

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Bring a favorite toy or book to the clinic to comfort your child during the wait and the discomfort of treatment. (references)

For example, behavioral therapy might include hiding a toy inside a box to reward a child for learning to reach into the box with his weaker hand. Likewise, a child learning to say his "b" words might be given a balloon for mastering the word. In other cases, therapists may try to discourage unhelpful or destructive behaviors, such as hair-pulling or biting, by selectively presenting a child with rewards and praise during other, more positive activities. (references)

Economic History

Poland

Domestic toy manufacturers are export-oriented. (references)

Poland

Most major international toy companies are present in Poland. (references)

Poland

The largest share of 2000 Polish toy imports were mechanized military toys, construction ("building block") toys, dolls, doll accessories and toys representing animals. (references)

Trade

Mauritius

Imports of the following items are prohibited: ball valve bottles, caps for toy guns, recapped tires, white phosphorous matches, certain firecrackers, kerosene stoves, water scooters, ivory and tortoise shell, underwater fishing guns, candy in the form of cigarettes, toy crash helmets, cigarette papers, used motor vehicle spare parts, electric water heaters with bare elements, portable electric lamps, teething rings, rolling machines (other than industrial-type rolling machines) for cigarette manufacturing, blue asbestos and its products, and items containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). A detailed list is available from the Embassy. (references)

Worker Rights

Thailand

Courts continued to hear testimony in the case of the 1993 Kader Toy Factory fire. (references)

China

Allegations of child labor in toy factories in Guangdong Province, made in 2000, remained unresolved. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "toy": clock toy ♦ cuddle toy ♦ cuddly toy ♦ cuddy toy ♦ english toy spaniel ♦ my Favourite Toy Language ♦ soft toy ♦ stuffed toy animal ♦ top toy ♦ toy box ♦ toy business ♦ toy chest ♦ toy dog ♦ toy industry ♦ toy language ♦ toy library ♦ toy Manchester ♦ toy Manchester terrier ♦ toy manufacturer ♦ toy mutch ♦ toy poodle ♦ toy problem ♦ toy program ♦ toy shop ♦ toy soldier ♦ toy spaniel ♦ toy terrier ♦ toy torpedo ♦ toy trade ♦ toy with ♦ wheeled toy. Additional references.

Beginning with "toy": toy-approved, toy-boy, toy-boys, toy-car, toy-filled, toy-like, toy-making, toy-scattered, toy-shop, toy-sized, toy-soldier, toy-soldiers, toy-strewn, toy-town.

Ending with "toy": expensive-toy.

Albanian

për lojë (prankish), luaj (act, come, enact, fidget with, fool about, fool around, game, interpret, palter, perform, personate, play, playact, twiddle, wiggle, wriggle), lojë (fun, game, joke, kiss-in-the-ring, performance, play, trick), lodër (drum, game, play, plaything, sporting, tiddly-winks). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لها (dally, disport, have a good time, have fun, play about, trifle, tumble), ‏لعبة (cat's paw, game, merry go round, play, plaything, poppet, servant, tool, vehicle), ‏عبث (dalliance, fiddlestick, flightiness, flirtation, frivolity, futility, loiter, mess up, moonshine, mosey, palter, piddle, piffling, pointless, potter, shallowness, trifle, twiddle), ‏ألعوبة (plaything), ‏شىء شديد الصغر, ‏دميوى مصنوع للعب, ‏دمية (doll, dolly, dummy, plaything, puppet, shot, tinpot). (various references)

Basque

jostailu. (various references)

Bulgarian 

служещ за играчка, флиртувам (dally, flirt, gallant, gallivant, mash, philander, vamp), въртя в ръката си, незначително нещо (triviality), малък (bijou, light, little, measurable, paltry, piccolo, pocket, remote, slight, slim, small, tiddly, venial, young), играчка (child's play, knack, plaything, tool, whim-wham), дреболия (bagatelle, detail, doit, fiddlestick, fillip, knack, non essential, nothing, nothingness, pin head, playgame, tittle, trick, trifle, twopence), детски (childish, childlike, infant, infantile). (various references)

Chinese 

玩具 (plaything). (various references)

Cornish

tegen. (various references)

Czech

pohrávat si (play), laškovat, koníèek (cockhorse, hobby, interest), hračka, hraèka (affair, child's play, knick knack, picnic, plaything, pushover, walkover). (various references)

Danish

legetoejskalejdoskop (toy kaleidoscope), kemisk legetøj (chemical toy), knaldhaette (pyrotechnic ammunition for toys, toy torpedo), knaldperle (pyrotechnic ammunition for toys, toy torpedo), legetøjsbibliotek (toy library), legetøjsproblem (toy problem), legetoejs/koebmandsbutik (toy shop), dukketeater (toy theatre), legetoejsbriller (toy spectacles), småprogrammer (toy program), legetoejslommeur (toy watch), legetoejslysbilledapparat (toy cinematograph), legetoejspareboesse (toy money box), legetoejsstueur (toy clock), legetoejsur (toy watch), legetoejsvaaben (toy gun, toy pistol), legetoejsbil (toy motor car). (various references)

Dutch

stuk speelgoed, speeltuig (musical instrument), speelbal (ball). (various references)

Esperanto

ludilo. (various references)

Farsi 

وررفتن (Hangaround, Jauk, Meddle, Paddle, Scamp, Twiddle), سرگرمی (Avocation, Diversion, Fun, Game, Hobby, Hobbyhorse, Pastime, Recreation, Sport), عروسک (Doll, Puppet), اسباب بازی (Plaything), بازیچه (Plaything, Sport), بازی کردن 2 (Foul, Move, Perform, Play, Sport, Twiddle). (various references)

Finnish

lelu (plaything), leikkikalu (plaything). (various references)

French

joujou, jouet (toy spectacles). (various references)

Frisian

boartersguod. (various references)

German

Spielzeug (bauble, plaything, playthings, toys). (various references)

Greek 

παιχνίδι (game, play, playing, plaything, trick). (various references)

Hebrew 

להשתעשע (dally, entertain, fool about with, fool around with, lark, play about, skylark, sport), צעצוע (knicknack, ornament, plaything). (various references)

Hungarian

játékszer (bauble, doodad, golliwog, plaything), gyermek-. (various references)

Indonesian

mainan. (various references)

Italian

giuocattolo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

玩具 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おもちゃ, がんぐ (obstinate and foolish). (various references)

Korean 

장난감. (various references)

Manx

goog, gaih (plaything), didee (pap, plaything). (various references)

Maya

baaxal (to play). (various references)

Norwegian

leketøy. (various references)

Occitan

joguina. (various references)

Pig Latin

oytay.(various references)

Polish

zabawka. (various references)

Portuguese

brinquedo (bauble, plaything). (various references)

Romanian

jucãrie (bauble, child's play, gewgaw, plaything, sport, tool, trifle), bibelou (gewgaw, knick knack, trinket). (various references)

Romansch

negozi da termagls (toy store). (various references)

Russian 

игрушка (bauble, dangle-dolly, gaud, plaything), игрушечный, играть игрушка, играть (act, be at play, gamble, play, played, trifled). (various references)

Sepedi

sebapadia
wa. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zabavljati se (date, disport oneself, go out with), za igru, igrati se (fool around, monkey, niggle, play), igračka (plaything). (various references)

Sicilian

giucattulu. (various references)

Spanish

juguete (bauble, plaything). (various references)

Swedish

leksak (bauble). (various references)

Turkish

oyuncak (plaything, putty, sport), oynamak (act, budge, dance, enact, Frisk, hop, interpret, jig, juggle, mess smth. about, monkey, move, perform, place one's bet, play, play around, play at, play on, play upon, play with, playact, portray, represent, shake a leg, work), önemsiz şey (bagatelle, bauble, cypher, iota, knickknack, makeweight, mickey mouse, molehill, nicknack, no big deal, picayune, rush, small beer, stiver, straw, trifle, tuppence, twopence, unessential, unimportant thing), önemsememek (be oblivious to, close one's eyes to, coquet, discount, disregard, have a low opinion of, ignore, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, not to care twopence for, pay no attention, piss on smth., play down, play it low down, set at naught, set at nought, slight, slur over, treat smb. like dirt, trifle, trifle with), çocuk oyuncağı (as easy as pie, breeze, child's play, cinch, it's pie, jam, picnic, pushover). (various references)

Turkmen 

oяunjak, oяnawaз, gurjak (doll). (various references)

Ukrainian

іграшка (bauble, gaud, plaything), гратися (dandle, frolic, play, sport, wanton), несерйозно ставитися, забава (amusement, fun, sport, sporting), безпомічна людина, дріб'язковий (cheeseparing, fribble, mean-spirited, near, niggling, nugacious, nugatory, penny-wise, pettifogging, piddling, trifling), дрібничка (bauble, bibelot, gewgaw, knick knack, Nick nack, pinhead, pinpoint, pretty, trinket). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trò chơi (play, toying), như đồ chơi, nhỏ xinh (bijou, bijoux), đồ vô giá trị. (various references)

Welsh

tegan (bauble, plaything), corodyn (baggage, trifle). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "toy": toyed, toyer, toyers, toying, toyish, toyless, toylike, toyo, toyon, toyons, toyos, toys, toyshop, toyshops. (additional references)

Words containing "toy": chatoyance, chatoyances, chatoyancies, chatoyancy, chatoyant, chatoyants, tutoyed, tutoyer, tutoyered, tutoyering, tutoyers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Toy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atoy, eoy, ethoxy, Ioy, otay, Otey, oti, oy, tay, taya, tayo, tdy, tewy, tey, th, tiby, tify, Tivy, tixy, Tiy, tiyr, Toey, toh, toi, toib, toif, toim, toir, toj, tokyu, toly, tomy, tonyu, tooy, toq, tosy, tosyl, tou, touy, tovy, toxy, Toya, toye, toyh, toyi, toyl, toyo, toyr, tpy, Tsy, tty, tuey, tugy, tui, tuie, tuly, tuxy, Tuy, Twohy, twoi, twy, Twyi, ty, tyf, tyg, tyo, voy, yoy, zoy. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: oy, to, yo.

+1 letter: doty, ryot, toby, tody, tony, tory, towy, toyo, toys, troy, typo, tyro.

+2 letters: atomy, atony, atopy, booty, borty, bothy, cyton, dorty, dotty, footy, forty, gouty, guyot, hooty, hotly, jolty, jotty, lofty, motey, mothy, octyl, outby, potsy, potty, pouty, rooty, ryots, softy, sooty, stogy, stony, story, stroy, tepoy, toady, today, toddy, toffy, tokay, tolyl, tommy, toney, towny, toyed, toyer, toyon, toyos, troys, typos, tyros, youth, zloty, zooty.