Definitions of TOY [ɔɪ]

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Definition of 'TOY'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) toy
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children to play with; plaything.

2.  toy
a thing or matter of little or no value or importance; trifle.

3.  toy
something diminutive, esp. in comparison with like objects.

4.  toy
an animal, esp. a dog, of a breed or variety noted for smallness of size, as a Pomeranian.

5.  toy
a close-fitting cap of linen or wool, with flaps coming down to the shoulders, formerly worn by women in Scotland.

6. (adj.) toy
made or designed for use as a toy:
a toy gun.

7.  toy
of or resembling a toy, esp. diminutive in size.

8. (v.i.) toy
to amuse oneself; play.

9.  toy
to act idly or with indifference; trifle:
to toy with one's food.

10.  toy
to dally amorously; flirt.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME toye dalliance; of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'TOY'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) plaything, toy
an artifact designed to be played with

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

3. (noun) toy
a device regarded as providing amusement
"private airplanes are a rich man's toy"

4. (noun) miniature, toy
a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

5. (verb) toy dog, toy
any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

6. (verb) dally, toy, play, flirt
behave carelessly or indifferently
"Play about with a young girl's affection"

7. (verb) toy, fiddle, diddle, play
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"

8. (verb) play, toy
engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
"They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea"

Definition of 'TOY'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) toy
an object for children to play with
an electronic/wooden toy; to play with a toy; a toy box; a toy animal

Definition of 'TOY'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) TOY
a plaything for children; a bawble

2. (verb) TOY
a thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of trade of little value; a trifle

3. (verb) TOY
a wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion

4. (verb) TOY
amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime

5. (verb) TOY
an old story; a silly tale

6. (verb) TOY
a headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch

7. (verb) TOY
to dally amorously; to trifle; to play

8. (verb) TOY
to treat foolishly

Definitions of 'TOY'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. 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!.

Translation of 'TOY'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an object made for a child to play with He got lots of toys for Christmas; a toy soldier.
Afrikaans: speelding	Arabic: لُعْبَه، دُمْيَه	Bulgarian: играчка
Brazilian: brinquedo	Czech: hračka	German: das Spielzeug
Danish: legetøj; legetøjs-	Greek: παιχνίδι	Spanish: juguete; (adjetivo) de ju
Estonian: mänguasi	Farsi: اسباب بازی	Finnish: lelu
French: jouet	Hebrew: צַעֲצוּע	Hindi: खिलौना
Croatian: igračka	Hungarian: játék	Indonesian: mainan
Icelandic: leikfang	Italian: giocattolo	Japanese: おもちゃ
Korean: 장난감	Lithuanian: žaislas	Latvian: rotaļieta
Malay: mainan	Dutch: speelgoed	Norwegian: leke(tøy)
Polish: zabawka	Persian: اسباب بازی	Pashto: لوبتكه، دلوبو شى (دكوچنيا
Portuguese: brinquedo	Romanian: jucărie	Russian: игрушка
Slovak: hračka	Slovenian: igrača	Serbian: igračka
Swedish: leksak	Thai: ของเล่น	Turkish: oyuncak
Taiwanese: 玩具	Ukrainian: іграшка; забава	Urdu: کھلونا
Vietnamese: đồ chơi	Chinese: 玩具
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