Definition of toy in English:

toy

noun tɔɪtɔɪ

1An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.
（小孩）玩具
as modifier a toy car
Example sentencesExamples
- The shop stocks a selection of second-hand books, bric-a-brac, models, toys, games and a selection of official Yorkshire Air Ambulance souvenirs.
- There will be a range of automotive toys and model cars, boats and planes for children as well as a jumping castle, clowns, face painting and a care centre
- Using toys as scale models of their world, children taste, examine and set up their visions of larger worlds.
- I'm pretty sure when I was small, we had a toy - doll, car, train, whatever - and pretended it was what we wanted it to be.
- The toy is modelled on the pint-sized singer, even down to her famous bottom.
- Go about in the shops and buy any little toys and models that have special bearing on civilian life in its more peaceful aspects.
- The appeal gives gifts to newborns right up to 16-year-olds from cuddly toys and books to action toys and games, toiletries and CDs.
- Everything bar the kitchen sink has to go… from cuddly toys to the cars standing on their driveway.
- If the toddler ignored the miniature toys for more than three or four minutes, however, we would draw attention to them.
- Some of the clothes on the hooks in the hallway were not mine; a child's toys, a few toy cars, stood in the corner.
- As summer arrived, so did the big wooden crates bringing wonderful dolls, mechanical toys, pedal cars, tricycles, scooters, dolls' prams.
- The black plastic bin liner contained teddy bears and other cuddly toys, Rosie and Jim dolls and a number of framed children's pictures.
- And besides - have you ever tried making a 40 foot high replica of a stuffed toy out of pots of flowers?
- Miniature toy cars can drive with wet, painted tires over unusual papers.
- Provide bright colored toys and toys like cars and trucks that move.
- Dozens of floral tributes, dolls and cuddly toys were placed on metal railings near the scene of the tragedy.
- The result is a digital rendering of each concept, and a full-size sculpted model of the toy in foam.
- Replica toys can make it difficult for a child to be creative and imaginative.
- Her favourite dolls, cuddly toys and teddy bears are lined along her shelves and bed.
- Does anybody else involve cuddly toys and dolls in their conversations?
Synonyms
plaything, game
model, miniature, imitation, make-believe, fake, simulation, artificial
1. 1.1 An object, especially a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult.
  （成人）玩物
  in 1914 the car was still a rich man's toy
  1914年，汽车还是富人的玩物。
  Example sentencesExamples
  For years, people have joked that gadgets are basically just toys for grown ups.
  Handhelds have evolved from toys for the gadget-crazed to truly useful devices.
  Many homes are now full of expensive gadgets and toys.
  If nothing else, it will lead you deep into the jungle of new toys for your Linux machine.
  The atmosphere is upbeat, and there's all kinds of nifty geek toys and gadgets to be found down every aisle.
  If you look at most Asian customers, many also tend to be much more experimental with toys and gadgets.
  The shop has been operating for more than three months, selling lingerie, adult toys and adult magazines, none of which requires a licence.
  The leather interior alone is to die for and the toys and gadgets - though many - are thoughtfully laid out.
  Beyond the techno-phobia of the previous generations, however, the new generation will play with these technological gadgets as toys of a whole new game.
  The investment looked canny as the market for gadgets and toys aimed at adults keeps growing.
  Though my family is first in line, right up there in third place is gadgets, those geeky toys we all love to mess with.
  Now that I have more gadgets and toys, I am more frustrated when there is no electricity to run them.
  Or take the perceived realities we create around us - the high-flying jobs, the gadgets and toys, the houses built to impress.
  They test quirky gadgets and toys for grown ups in between answering calls from their satisfied pundits.
  In the light of this fashion for adult toys, the Sunday Herald is offering its readers a unique retail opportunity.
  But now that they've got that little one that everyone carries around, that's a bit of an adult toy, too.
  And big adult toys, like bikes and computers need plenty of new space.
  Nowadays, we have all sorts of electronic toys and gadgets, which give us assistance, but when you switch them off, that's the result!
  Slot machines are, in many respects, the toy adults never had before.
  Most RVs have room to store adult toys, too, such as canoes, golf clubs, bicycles, and fishing gear.
  Synonyms
  trinket, bauble, knick-knack, ornament, gewgaw, trifle, gimcrack, bagatelle, triviality
  North American kickshaw
  informal whatnot
  British informal doodah
2. 1.2 A person treated by another as a source of pleasure or amusement rather than with due seriousness.
  玩偶，玩物（指人）
  a man needed a friend, an ally, not an idol or a toy
  人需要朋友，盟友，而不是偶像或玩偶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ilsa treats the inhabitants of her prison camp like toys to be played with and broken.
  Sadly the drugs rapidly tired her out and she slumped back in humiliated defeat, a toy for his pleasure.
2as modifier Denoting a diminutive breed or variety of dog.
小种狗
a toy poodle
一条小鬈毛狗。
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike the show held in April, there were not many fancy and toy breeds.
- He was judged against a flat-coated retriever, a giant schnauzer, an Old English sheepdog, a wire fox terrier, a saluki hound and Pekingese toy dog.
- Now after all that fuss, I don't think she should have picked up her two toy poodles to sit on her lap.
- So, after eating in the kitchen, I let my small toy poodle dog into the house, from the garage.
- Toni Gale's toy pom, Trixie, is a real pensioner at the age of 10, and the family has noticed that she's getting on in years.
- They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle.
- Tell the interviewer that your white toy poodle is lost in that huge snowbank and you need help.
- Like so many fashions in New York, Rosenthal says the surge in demand for toy dog breeds is largely celebrity-driven.
- One can only hope they are of the toy variety, otherwise her family's apartment must get pretty crowded.
- In England the cavalier, once thought to be on the verge of extinction, is the most popular toy breed.
- The latest sad news is that their tiny toy poodle has disappeared.
- The only dogs exempt from this rule are the toy breeds and puppies under 16 weeks of age.
- Another example are some toy dogs which were bred to be a warning signals of invasion.
- She also won first place in both the clipped terrier and toy and miniature poodle rounds, with help from miniature schnauzer Oscar and toy poodle Clive.
- Inform your honey that you've had it with the hysteria and the shrieking, so her toy poodle has to go.
- If you have a white toy poodle, you would want to place her on, or in front of, a black, blue or brown backdrop.
- My ex-girlfriend had an apricot toy poodle and it was the best damned dog I've ever met.
- Just this past month Fifi, her fluffy white toy poodle passed away and the void is painful.
- Some toy breeds can adapt happily to apartment life because their exercise requirements are modest.
- He stood at a podium, and beside him was a woman with a little toy poodle as carefully groomed as she was.
Synonyms
miniature, small, tiny, fun-size, diminutive, dwarf, midget, pygmy

verb tɔɪtɔɪ

[no object]

1Move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously.
心不在焉地（或紧张地）摆弄
Alan toyed with his glasses
Example sentencesExamples
- Her long, slender fingers toyed nervously with the two rings she had on her right hand.
- I start to toy around with the edge of his blanket.
- Then he stops short and mulls it over, fingers toying absently with the spoon in his teacup.
- Damien picked up a photograph from the mantelpiece, toying idly with it.
- She thought it over as she toyed absently with a lock of hair behind one ear.
- Peter wasn't fooled; the officer toyed absently with a pencil and it snapped like a toothpick between his meaty fingers.
- As Keira toyed absently with her fork on her empty plate, she asked Leah, ‘Talia's not coming with us, is she?’
- He was toying absently with a leaf that he had picked up, which made me wonder about what he was thinking.
- Her fingers toyed absently with the handle of the mug of ale before her.
- ‘Justin,’ I answered, toying nervously with the ends of my hideous plaid, pleated skirt.
- A final thought made him drop the chair back onto four legs, stand up and toy nervously with the inkwell.
- For a moment we just stood there, holding each other, his head against my chest as I toyed absently with his hair.
- But turn I did, rolling over slowly to face the girl standing in the doorway, toying nervously with her sleeve.
1. 1.1 Eat or drink (something) in an unenthusiastic way.
  不热情地（或有节制地）吃（或喝）
  as the courses came and went, she could only toy with her food
  Synonyms
  fidget with, play (about/around) with, fiddle (about/around) with, fool about/around with, tinker with, finger, twiddle (with)
  nibble, pick at, gnaw (at), peck at, pick over, eat listlessly, eat like a bird
  informal mess about/around with
2Consider (an idea or proposal) casually or indecisively.
漫不经心地（或优柔寡断地）考虑（意见，行动，建议）
I was toying with the idea of writing a book
Example sentencesExamples
- Last week I was toying with the idea of not returning to college.
- Biting my lip, I slid my arm in his and toyed around with calling her on it.
- I toyed morosely with the idea that it had been worse this way - that the girls had come back and then left again, rather than just staying away.
- I've been toying seriously with the idea of following him.
- At any rate, I was considering the whole blogging thing and was toying with the idea of just quitting altogether, packing it up and saying ‘Adios Amigos!’
- I toyed around with the idea of waiting for awhile, until I could take a break from what I was working on.
- White toyed with the idea of resistance, but a casual glance at the guards' belts immediately reminded him of the repercussions.
- The airline industry has been toying with the idea of merging religion with air flight for quite a while now.
- Jeff and I were toying around with the whole concept.
- I had been toying around with an idea for personalized feed subscriptions.
- Having lived in Canada for 15 years, Mr. John had been toying for long with the idea of launching a channel to showcase his home State.
- She had also toyed with the idea of being a chicken farmer but considered the risks too high.
- So you'd been toying with the idea for a while?
- Goaded by leftist privacy advocates, Congress has been toying with the idea of regulating the private sector in the name of privacy.
- He had toyed with the idea of writing a novel about the Labor movement, with a Eugene Debs character at its center, for some time, and would continue to do so, but in the end the novel never got written.
- Last summer I toyed briefly with the idea of becoming a tour guide - lo and behold, here were my potential customers… anyway, there was the entertainment of watching a woman struggle with a friendly poodle she claimed wasn't hers.
- It's not so much rock and roll as it is proto-punk, recalling the days when bands didn't yet know it was okay to spew their bile out on record, but were toying with the idea in vague mockeries of pop melodies.
- I toy around with the idea of attention or stardom, but never know what to do with it when the spotlight shines on me for a brief moment.
- She toyed briefly with the idea of torturing him for a little longer but decided that was just too cruel.
- We toyed around with the idea of letting you start with special powers and higher level values at start-up but decided that that would hinder the accessibility of the game.
- We were toying with the idea of recreating something of the lost, recent history, but soon found it a bit too obvious and deadpan to just restage one of the old dirty bars which used to be in the area.
- I toyed for a while with the idea of a fake tattoo, but decided against it (I tended to get sweaty on stage and didn't want to look stupid when the tattoo melted).
Synonyms
think idly about, play with, flirt with, trifle with, entertain the possibility of, consider, have thoughts about, argue the pros and cons of
informal kick around/about
1. 2.1 Treat (someone or their feelings) in a superficially amorous way.
  调情，调戏
  he had been toying with her that day on the river
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a pretty girl from a respectable family, she toys with her beaux - little boys who must play the love game by her rules.
  I don't know, Mitch, what the psychiatrists or psychologists on our panel are going to say, but others today have been saying that he is toying with us.
  She just wanted to toy around a little with Adam but he obviously took it seriously.
  They toyed with me over the phone stuff a few weeks ago.
  She had found a new guy to toy around with for a while, a new senior by the name of Grant, and was immensely enjoying their daily hook up routines in random places all over the school.
  He felt himself staring back, still wondering what she meant by what she had said; if it had some universal meaning or if she was toying around with him.
  Not one to toy around with; she takes her schoolwork and her role in the rehab center very seriously.
  Life is good, but seriously Bill, you're way too easy to toy with.
  What if he just wanted her to toy around with her for a while?
  Synonyms
  flirt with, dally with, sport with, play with, amuse oneself with, trifle with, fool with

Phrases

throw one's toys out of the pram

informal Behave in a childish and petulant way; have a tantrum.
Lorenzo threw his toys out of the pram after being sent off
Example sentencesExamples
- There is 40 points up for grabs, but Ralf has thrown his toys out of the pram (again).
- Gordon responded by throwing his toys out of the pram and trying another argument.
- Denis, it seems, is throwing his toys out of the pram.
- This was all about making sure the Libs didn't throw their toys out of the pram.
- No need to throw your toys out of the pram
- We fought a couple of world wars against people like this and I believe they should go somewhere else to throw their toys out of the pram.
- It seems to me like he's throwing his toys out of the pram because he can't play in the position he wants.
- It seems that finally the government is throwing its toys out of the pram over this.
- At that stage, it will be too late to stomp our feet, scream or throw our toys out of the pram.
- I say: you're never too old to throw your toys out of the pram.

Derivatives

toylike

adjective

On each of the five vertical sections that made up the image, silhouetted shapes, colored geometric forms, flowers, furniture, twigs, toylike figures and indistinct shadows floated aimlessly through a viscous, horizonless space.
Example sentencesExamples
- Uptown, the dominant and by far the best work was Gulliver, an enormous recumbent figure constructed out of simple geometric solids, with fat toylike hands and feet.
- Cell phones are toylike, nearly magic, and we get a huge kick out of them, as often happens with technological advances until the new wears off.
- Considering the toylike quality of the car's aluminum frame clad in plastic panels, one hopes that the lights' purported safety function is worth the research-and-development dollars.
- They are also cute and toylike - but toys for whom?

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The word originally denoted a funny story or remark, later an antic or trick, or a frivolous entertainment. The verb dates from the early 16th century.

A toy was originally a funny story or remark, and later a prank, trick, or frivolous entertainment. The usual modern sense, of an object for a child to play with, dates from the late 16th century. Older women had taken up with younger men before the 1980s, but it took until then for the rhyming toy boy to appear. The origin of toy, like that of boy, is medieval but otherwise unknown.

Rhymes

ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, trompe l'œil, troy

Definition of toy in US English:

toy

nountoitɔɪ

1An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something.
（小孩）玩具
as modifier a toy car
Example sentencesExamples
- Her favourite dolls, cuddly toys and teddy bears are lined along her shelves and bed.
- Dozens of floral tributes, dolls and cuddly toys were placed on metal railings near the scene of the tragedy.
- Go about in the shops and buy any little toys and models that have special bearing on civilian life in its more peaceful aspects.
- Replica toys can make it difficult for a child to be creative and imaginative.
- The black plastic bin liner contained teddy bears and other cuddly toys, Rosie and Jim dolls and a number of framed children's pictures.
- I'm pretty sure when I was small, we had a toy - doll, car, train, whatever - and pretended it was what we wanted it to be.
- Provide bright colored toys and toys like cars and trucks that move.
- Does anybody else involve cuddly toys and dolls in their conversations?
- There will be a range of automotive toys and model cars, boats and planes for children as well as a jumping castle, clowns, face painting and a care centre
- Some of the clothes on the hooks in the hallway were not mine; a child's toys, a few toy cars, stood in the corner.
- The toy is modelled on the pint-sized singer, even down to her famous bottom.
- If the toddler ignored the miniature toys for more than three or four minutes, however, we would draw attention to them.
- The shop stocks a selection of second-hand books, bric-a-brac, models, toys, games and a selection of official Yorkshire Air Ambulance souvenirs.
- And besides - have you ever tried making a 40 foot high replica of a stuffed toy out of pots of flowers?
- As summer arrived, so did the big wooden crates bringing wonderful dolls, mechanical toys, pedal cars, tricycles, scooters, dolls' prams.
- Using toys as scale models of their world, children taste, examine and set up their visions of larger worlds.
- Everything bar the kitchen sink has to go… from cuddly toys to the cars standing on their driveway.
- Miniature toy cars can drive with wet, painted tires over unusual papers.
- The appeal gives gifts to newborns right up to 16-year-olds from cuddly toys and books to action toys and games, toiletries and CDs.
- The result is a digital rendering of each concept, and a full-size sculpted model of the toy in foam.
Synonyms
plaything, game
model, miniature, imitation, make-believe, fake, simulation, artificial
1. 1.1 An object, especially a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult.
  （成人）玩物
  in 1914 the car was still a rich man's toy
  1914年，汽车还是富人的玩物。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The shop has been operating for more than three months, selling lingerie, adult toys and adult magazines, none of which requires a licence.
  If nothing else, it will lead you deep into the jungle of new toys for your Linux machine.
  Slot machines are, in many respects, the toy adults never had before.
  If you look at most Asian customers, many also tend to be much more experimental with toys and gadgets.
  They test quirky gadgets and toys for grown ups in between answering calls from their satisfied pundits.
  Now that I have more gadgets and toys, I am more frustrated when there is no electricity to run them.
  Beyond the techno-phobia of the previous generations, however, the new generation will play with these technological gadgets as toys of a whole new game.
  The atmosphere is upbeat, and there's all kinds of nifty geek toys and gadgets to be found down every aisle.
  The leather interior alone is to die for and the toys and gadgets - though many - are thoughtfully laid out.
  But now that they've got that little one that everyone carries around, that's a bit of an adult toy, too.
  In the light of this fashion for adult toys, the Sunday Herald is offering its readers a unique retail opportunity.
  Or take the perceived realities we create around us - the high-flying jobs, the gadgets and toys, the houses built to impress.
  The investment looked canny as the market for gadgets and toys aimed at adults keeps growing.
  Though my family is first in line, right up there in third place is gadgets, those geeky toys we all love to mess with.
  Many homes are now full of expensive gadgets and toys.
  For years, people have joked that gadgets are basically just toys for grown ups.
  Nowadays, we have all sorts of electronic toys and gadgets, which give us assistance, but when you switch them off, that's the result!
  Most RVs have room to store adult toys, too, such as canoes, golf clubs, bicycles, and fishing gear.
  Handhelds have evolved from toys for the gadget-crazed to truly useful devices.
  And big adult toys, like bikes and computers need plenty of new space.
  Synonyms
  trinket, bauble, knick-knack, ornament, gewgaw, trifle, gimcrack, bagatelle, triviality
2. 1.2 A person treated by another as a source of pleasure or amusement rather than with due seriousness.
  玩偶，玩物（指人）
  a man needed a friend, an ally, not an idol or a toy
  人需要朋友，盟友，而不是偶像或玩偶。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Sadly the drugs rapidly tired her out and she slumped back in humiliated defeat, a toy for his pleasure.
  Ilsa treats the inhabitants of her prison camp like toys to be played with and broken.
2as modifier Denoting a diminutive breed or variety of dog.
小种狗
a toy poodle
一条小鬈毛狗。
Example sentencesExamples
- He stood at a podium, and beside him was a woman with a little toy poodle as carefully groomed as she was.
- Just this past month Fifi, her fluffy white toy poodle passed away and the void is painful.
- She also won first place in both the clipped terrier and toy and miniature poodle rounds, with help from miniature schnauzer Oscar and toy poodle Clive.
- Another example are some toy dogs which were bred to be a warning signals of invasion.
- Toni Gale's toy pom, Trixie, is a real pensioner at the age of 10, and the family has noticed that she's getting on in years.
- Some toy breeds can adapt happily to apartment life because their exercise requirements are modest.
- Tell the interviewer that your white toy poodle is lost in that huge snowbank and you need help.
- So, after eating in the kitchen, I let my small toy poodle dog into the house, from the garage.
- Unlike the show held in April, there were not many fancy and toy breeds.
- In England the cavalier, once thought to be on the verge of extinction, is the most popular toy breed.
- Like so many fashions in New York, Rosenthal says the surge in demand for toy dog breeds is largely celebrity-driven.
- The latest sad news is that their tiny toy poodle has disappeared.
- He was judged against a flat-coated retriever, a giant schnauzer, an Old English sheepdog, a wire fox terrier, a saluki hound and Pekingese toy dog.
- Now after all that fuss, I don't think she should have picked up her two toy poodles to sit on her lap.
- If you have a white toy poodle, you would want to place her on, or in front of, a black, blue or brown backdrop.
- Inform your honey that you've had it with the hysteria and the shrieking, so her toy poodle has to go.
- My ex-girlfriend had an apricot toy poodle and it was the best damned dog I've ever met.
- They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle.
- One can only hope they are of the toy variety, otherwise her family's apartment must get pretty crowded.
- The only dogs exempt from this rule are the toy breeds and puppies under 16 weeks of age.
Synonyms
miniature, small, tiny, fun-size, diminutive, dwarf, midget, pygmy

verbtoitɔɪ

[no object]

1Move or handle (an object) absentmindedly or nervously.
心不在焉地（或紧张地）摆弄
Example sentencesExamples
- For a moment we just stood there, holding each other, his head against my chest as I toyed absently with his hair.
- Her long, slender fingers toyed nervously with the two rings she had on her right hand.
- I start to toy around with the edge of his blanket.
- A final thought made him drop the chair back onto four legs, stand up and toy nervously with the inkwell.
- ‘Justin,’ I answered, toying nervously with the ends of my hideous plaid, pleated skirt.
- But turn I did, rolling over slowly to face the girl standing in the doorway, toying nervously with her sleeve.
- She thought it over as she toyed absently with a lock of hair behind one ear.
- Then he stops short and mulls it over, fingers toying absently with the spoon in his teacup.
- As Keira toyed absently with her fork on her empty plate, she asked Leah, ‘Talia's not coming with us, is she?’
- He was toying absently with a leaf that he had picked up, which made me wonder about what he was thinking.
- Her fingers toyed absently with the handle of the mug of ale before her.
- Peter wasn't fooled; the officer toyed absently with a pencil and it snapped like a toothpick between his meaty fingers.
- Damien picked up a photograph from the mantelpiece, toying idly with it.
1. 1.1 Eat or drink in an unenthusiastic or restrained way.
  不热情地（或有节制地）吃（或喝）
  Example sentencesExamples
  She was toying with the drink Susan had supplied, and she was quite upset.
  I also believed it because he liked to eat, and I liked to cook, and he frequently came to dinner and ate a lot, but the last few times he just sort toyed with the food.
2Consider (an idea, movement, or proposal) casually or indecisively.
漫不经心地（或优柔寡断地）考虑（意见，行动，建议）
Example sentencesExamples
- I had been toying around with an idea for personalized feed subscriptions.
- Biting my lip, I slid my arm in his and toyed around with calling her on it.
- She had also toyed with the idea of being a chicken farmer but considered the risks too high.
- Goaded by leftist privacy advocates, Congress has been toying with the idea of regulating the private sector in the name of privacy.
- I've been toying seriously with the idea of following him.
- It's not so much rock and roll as it is proto-punk, recalling the days when bands didn't yet know it was okay to spew their bile out on record, but were toying with the idea in vague mockeries of pop melodies.
- I toyed morosely with the idea that it had been worse this way - that the girls had come back and then left again, rather than just staying away.
- So you'd been toying with the idea for a while?
- Having lived in Canada for 15 years, Mr. John had been toying for long with the idea of launching a channel to showcase his home State.
- He had toyed with the idea of writing a novel about the Labor movement, with a Eugene Debs character at its center, for some time, and would continue to do so, but in the end the novel never got written.
- White toyed with the idea of resistance, but a casual glance at the guards' belts immediately reminded him of the repercussions.
- At any rate, I was considering the whole blogging thing and was toying with the idea of just quitting altogether, packing it up and saying ‘Adios Amigos!’
- The airline industry has been toying with the idea of merging religion with air flight for quite a while now.
- I toy around with the idea of attention or stardom, but never know what to do with it when the spotlight shines on me for a brief moment.
- I toyed for a while with the idea of a fake tattoo, but decided against it (I tended to get sweaty on stage and didn't want to look stupid when the tattoo melted).
- Last summer I toyed briefly with the idea of becoming a tour guide - lo and behold, here were my potential customers… anyway, there was the entertainment of watching a woman struggle with a friendly poodle she claimed wasn't hers.
- She toyed briefly with the idea of torturing him for a little longer but decided that was just too cruel.
- We toyed around with the idea of letting you start with special powers and higher level values at start-up but decided that that would hinder the accessibility of the game.
- We were toying with the idea of recreating something of the lost, recent history, but soon found it a bit too obvious and deadpan to just restage one of the old dirty bars which used to be in the area.
- Last week I was toying with the idea of not returning to college.
- Jeff and I were toying around with the whole concept.
- I toyed around with the idea of waiting for awhile, until I could take a break from what I was working on.
Synonyms
think idly about, play with, flirt with, trifle with, entertain the possibility of, consider, have thoughts about, argue the pros and cons of
1. 2.1 Treat (someone) without due seriousness, especially in a superficially amorous way.
  调情，调戏
  Example sentencesExamples
  I don't know, Mitch, what the psychiatrists or psychologists on our panel are going to say, but others today have been saying that he is toying with us.
  He felt himself staring back, still wondering what she meant by what she had said; if it had some universal meaning or if she was toying around with him.
  Life is good, but seriously Bill, you're way too easy to toy with.
  She had found a new guy to toy around with for a while, a new senior by the name of Grant, and was immensely enjoying their daily hook up routines in random places all over the school.
  What if he just wanted her to toy around with her for a while?
  Not one to toy around with; she takes her schoolwork and her role in the rehab center very seriously.
  As a pretty girl from a respectable family, she toys with her beaux - little boys who must play the love game by her rules.
  She just wanted to toy around a little with Adam but he obviously took it seriously.
  They toyed with me over the phone stuff a few weeks ago.
  Synonyms
  flirt with, dally with, sport with, play with, amuse oneself with, trifle with, fool with

Origin

Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The word originally denoted a funny story or remark, later an antic or trick, or a frivolous entertainment. The verb dates from the early 16th century.

词汇	toy
释义	Definition of toy in English: toy noun tɔɪtɔɪ 1An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something. （小孩）玩具 as modifier a toy car Example sentencesExamples The shop stocks a selection of second-hand books, bric-a-brac, models, toys, games and a selection of official Yorkshire Air Ambulance souvenirs. There will be a range of automotive toys and model cars, boats and planes for children as well as a jumping castle, clowns, face painting and a care centre Using toys as scale models of their world, children taste, examine and set up their visions of larger worlds. I'm pretty sure when I was small, we had a toy - doll, car, train, whatever - and pretended it was what we wanted it to be. The toy is modelled on the pint-sized singer, even down to her famous bottom. Go about in the shops and buy any little toys and models that have special bearing on civilian life in its more peaceful aspects. The appeal gives gifts to newborns right up to 16-year-olds from cuddly toys and books to action toys and games, toiletries and CDs. Everything bar the kitchen sink has to go… from cuddly toys to the cars standing on their driveway. If the toddler ignored the miniature toys for more than three or four minutes, however, we would draw attention to them. Some of the clothes on the hooks in the hallway were not mine; a child's toys, a few toy cars, stood in the corner. As summer arrived, so did the big wooden crates bringing wonderful dolls, mechanical toys, pedal cars, tricycles, scooters, dolls' prams. The black plastic bin liner contained teddy bears and other cuddly toys, Rosie and Jim dolls and a number of framed children's pictures. And besides - have you ever tried making a 40 foot high replica of a stuffed toy out of pots of flowers? Miniature toy cars can drive with wet, painted tires over unusual papers. Provide bright colored toys and toys like cars and trucks that move. Dozens of floral tributes, dolls and cuddly toys were placed on metal railings near the scene of the tragedy. The result is a digital rendering of each concept, and a full-size sculpted model of the toy in foam. Replica toys can make it difficult for a child to be creative and imaginative. Her favourite dolls, cuddly toys and teddy bears are lined along her shelves and bed. Does anybody else involve cuddly toys and dolls in their conversations? Synonyms plaything, game model, miniature, imitation, make-believe, fake, simulation, artificial 1.1 An object, especially a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult. （成人）玩物 in 1914 the car was still a rich man's toy 1914年，汽车还是富人的玩物。 Example sentencesExamples For years, people have joked that gadgets are basically just toys for grown ups. Handhelds have evolved from toys for the gadget-crazed to truly useful devices. Many homes are now full of expensive gadgets and toys. If nothing else, it will lead you deep into the jungle of new toys for your Linux machine. The atmosphere is upbeat, and there's all kinds of nifty geek toys and gadgets to be found down every aisle. If you look at most Asian customers, many also tend to be much more experimental with toys and gadgets. The shop has been operating for more than three months, selling lingerie, adult toys and adult magazines, none of which requires a licence. The leather interior alone is to die for and the toys and gadgets - though many - are thoughtfully laid out. Beyond the techno-phobia of the previous generations, however, the new generation will play with these technological gadgets as toys of a whole new game. The investment looked canny as the market for gadgets and toys aimed at adults keeps growing. Though my family is first in line, right up there in third place is gadgets, those geeky toys we all love to mess with. Now that I have more gadgets and toys, I am more frustrated when there is no electricity to run them. Or take the perceived realities we create around us - the high-flying jobs, the gadgets and toys, the houses built to impress. They test quirky gadgets and toys for grown ups in between answering calls from their satisfied pundits. In the light of this fashion for adult toys, the Sunday Herald is offering its readers a unique retail opportunity. But now that they've got that little one that everyone carries around, that's a bit of an adult toy, too. And big adult toys, like bikes and computers need plenty of new space. Nowadays, we have all sorts of electronic toys and gadgets, which give us assistance, but when you switch them off, that's the result! Slot machines are, in many respects, the toy adults never had before. Most RVs have room to store adult toys, too, such as canoes, golf clubs, bicycles, and fishing gear. Synonyms trinket, bauble, knick-knack, ornament, gewgaw, trifle, gimcrack, bagatelle, triviality North American kickshaw informal whatnot British informal doodah 1.2 A person treated by another as a source of pleasure or amusement rather than with due seriousness. 玩偶，玩物（指人） a man needed a friend, an ally, not an idol or a toy 人需要朋友，盟友，而不是偶像或玩偶。 Example sentencesExamples Ilsa treats the inhabitants of her prison camp like toys to be played with and broken. Sadly the drugs rapidly tired her out and she slumped back in humiliated defeat, a toy for his pleasure. 2as modifier Denoting a diminutive breed or variety of dog. 小种狗 a toy poodle 一条小鬈毛狗。 Example sentencesExamples Unlike the show held in April, there were not many fancy and toy breeds. He was judged against a flat-coated retriever, a giant schnauzer, an Old English sheepdog, a wire fox terrier, a saluki hound and Pekingese toy dog. Now after all that fuss, I don't think she should have picked up her two toy poodles to sit on her lap. So, after eating in the kitchen, I let my small toy poodle dog into the house, from the garage. Toni Gale's toy pom, Trixie, is a real pensioner at the age of 10, and the family has noticed that she's getting on in years. They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle. Tell the interviewer that your white toy poodle is lost in that huge snowbank and you need help. Like so many fashions in New York, Rosenthal says the surge in demand for toy dog breeds is largely celebrity-driven. One can only hope they are of the toy variety, otherwise her family's apartment must get pretty crowded. In England the cavalier, once thought to be on the verge of extinction, is the most popular toy breed. The latest sad news is that their tiny toy poodle has disappeared. The only dogs exempt from this rule are the toy breeds and puppies under 16 weeks of age. Another example are some toy dogs which were bred to be a warning signals of invasion. She also won first place in both the clipped terrier and toy and miniature poodle rounds, with help from miniature schnauzer Oscar and toy poodle Clive. Inform your honey that you've had it with the hysteria and the shrieking, so her toy poodle has to go. If you have a white toy poodle, you would want to place her on, or in front of, a black, blue or brown backdrop. My ex-girlfriend had an apricot toy poodle and it was the best damned dog I've ever met. Just this past month Fifi, her fluffy white toy poodle passed away and the void is painful. Some toy breeds can adapt happily to apartment life because their exercise requirements are modest. He stood at a podium, and beside him was a woman with a little toy poodle as carefully groomed as she was. Synonyms miniature, small, tiny, fun-size, diminutive, dwarf, midget, pygmy verb tɔɪtɔɪ [no object] 1Move or handle (an object) absent-mindedly or nervously. 心不在焉地（或紧张地）摆弄 Alan toyed with his glasses Example sentencesExamples Her long, slender fingers toyed nervously with the two rings she had on her right hand. I start to toy around with the edge of his blanket. Then he stops short and mulls it over, fingers toying absently with the spoon in his teacup. Damien picked up a photograph from the mantelpiece, toying idly with it. She thought it over as she toyed absently with a lock of hair behind one ear. Peter wasn't fooled; the officer toyed absently with a pencil and it snapped like a toothpick between his meaty fingers. As Keira toyed absently with her fork on her empty plate, she asked Leah, ‘Talia's not coming with us, is she?’ He was toying absently with a leaf that he had picked up, which made me wonder about what he was thinking. Her fingers toyed absently with the handle of the mug of ale before her. ‘Justin,’ I answered, toying nervously with the ends of my hideous plaid, pleated skirt. A final thought made him drop the chair back onto four legs, stand up and toy nervously with the inkwell. For a moment we just stood there, holding each other, his head against my chest as I toyed absently with his hair. But turn I did, rolling over slowly to face the girl standing in the doorway, toying nervously with her sleeve. 1.1 Eat or drink (something) in an unenthusiastic way. 不热情地（或有节制地）吃（或喝） as the courses came and went, she could only toy with her food Synonyms fidget with, play (about/around) with, fiddle (about/around) with, fool about/around with, tinker with, finger, twiddle (with) nibble, pick at, gnaw (at), peck at, pick over, eat listlessly, eat like a bird informal mess about/around with 2Consider (an idea or proposal) casually or indecisively. 漫不经心地（或优柔寡断地）考虑（意见，行动，建议） I was toying with the idea of writing a book Example sentencesExamples Last week I was toying with the idea of not returning to college. Biting my lip, I slid my arm in his and toyed around with calling her on it. I toyed morosely with the idea that it had been worse this way - that the girls had come back and then left again, rather than just staying away. I've been toying seriously with the idea of following him. At any rate, I was considering the whole blogging thing and was toying with the idea of just quitting altogether, packing it up and saying ‘Adios Amigos!’ I toyed around with the idea of waiting for awhile, until I could take a break from what I was working on. White toyed with the idea of resistance, but a casual glance at the guards' belts immediately reminded him of the repercussions. The airline industry has been toying with the idea of merging religion with air flight for quite a while now. Jeff and I were toying around with the whole concept. I had been toying around with an idea for personalized feed subscriptions. Having lived in Canada for 15 years, Mr. John had been toying for long with the idea of launching a channel to showcase his home State. She had also toyed with the idea of being a chicken farmer but considered the risks too high. So you'd been toying with the idea for a while? Goaded by leftist privacy advocates, Congress has been toying with the idea of regulating the private sector in the name of privacy. He had toyed with the idea of writing a novel about the Labor movement, with a Eugene Debs character at its center, for some time, and would continue to do so, but in the end the novel never got written. Last summer I toyed briefly with the idea of becoming a tour guide - lo and behold, here were my potential customers… anyway, there was the entertainment of watching a woman struggle with a friendly poodle she claimed wasn't hers. It's not so much rock and roll as it is proto-punk, recalling the days when bands didn't yet know it was okay to spew their bile out on record, but were toying with the idea in vague mockeries of pop melodies. I toy around with the idea of attention or stardom, but never know what to do with it when the spotlight shines on me for a brief moment. She toyed briefly with the idea of torturing him for a little longer but decided that was just too cruel. We toyed around with the idea of letting you start with special powers and higher level values at start-up but decided that that would hinder the accessibility of the game. We were toying with the idea of recreating something of the lost, recent history, but soon found it a bit too obvious and deadpan to just restage one of the old dirty bars which used to be in the area. I toyed for a while with the idea of a fake tattoo, but decided against it (I tended to get sweaty on stage and didn't want to look stupid when the tattoo melted). Synonyms think idly about, play with, flirt with, trifle with, entertain the possibility of, consider, have thoughts about, argue the pros and cons of informal kick around/about 2.1 Treat (someone or their feelings) in a superficially amorous way. 调情，调戏 he had been toying with her that day on the river Example sentencesExamples As a pretty girl from a respectable family, she toys with her beaux - little boys who must play the love game by her rules. I don't know, Mitch, what the psychiatrists or psychologists on our panel are going to say, but others today have been saying that he is toying with us. She just wanted to toy around a little with Adam but he obviously took it seriously. They toyed with me over the phone stuff a few weeks ago. She had found a new guy to toy around with for a while, a new senior by the name of Grant, and was immensely enjoying their daily hook up routines in random places all over the school. He felt himself staring back, still wondering what she meant by what she had said; if it had some universal meaning or if she was toying around with him. Not one to toy around with; she takes her schoolwork and her role in the rehab center very seriously. Life is good, but seriously Bill, you're way too easy to toy with. What if he just wanted her to toy around with her for a while? Synonyms flirt with, dally with, sport with, play with, amuse oneself with, trifle with, fool with Phrases throw one's toys out of the pram informal Behave in a childish and petulant way; have a tantrum. Lorenzo threw his toys out of the pram after being sent off Example sentencesExamples There is 40 points up for grabs, but Ralf has thrown his toys out of the pram (again). Gordon responded by throwing his toys out of the pram and trying another argument. Denis, it seems, is throwing his toys out of the pram. This was all about making sure the Libs didn't throw their toys out of the pram. No need to throw your toys out of the pram We fought a couple of world wars against people like this and I believe they should go somewhere else to throw their toys out of the pram. It seems to me like he's throwing his toys out of the pram because he can't play in the position he wants. It seems that finally the government is throwing its toys out of the pram over this. At that stage, it will be too late to stomp our feet, scream or throw our toys out of the pram. I say: you're never too old to throw your toys out of the pram. Derivatives toylike adjective On each of the five vertical sections that made up the image, silhouetted shapes, colored geometric forms, flowers, furniture, twigs, toylike figures and indistinct shadows floated aimlessly through a viscous, horizonless space. Example sentencesExamples Uptown, the dominant and by far the best work was Gulliver, an enormous recumbent figure constructed out of simple geometric solids, with fat toylike hands and feet. Cell phones are toylike, nearly magic, and we get a huge kick out of them, as often happens with technological advances until the new wears off. Considering the toylike quality of the car's aluminum frame clad in plastic panels, one hopes that the lights' purported safety function is worth the research-and-development dollars. They are also cute and toylike - but toys for whom? Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The word originally denoted a funny story or remark, later an antic or trick, or a frivolous entertainment. The verb dates from the early 16th century. A toy was originally a funny story or remark, and later a prank, trick, or frivolous entertainment. The usual modern sense, of an object for a child to play with, dates from the late 16th century. Older women had taken up with younger men before the 1980s, but it took until then for the rhyming toy boy to appear. The origin of toy, like that of boy, is medieval but otherwise unknown. Rhymes ahoy, alloy, Amoy, annoy, boy, buoy, cloy, coy, destroy, employ, enjoy, Hanoi, hoi polloi, hoy, Illinois, joy, koi, oi, ploy, poi, Roy, savoy, soy, tatsoi, trompe l'œil, troy noun.1 phr. Definition of toy in US English: toy nountoitɔɪ 1An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something. （小孩）玩具 as modifier a toy car Example sentencesExamples Her favourite dolls, cuddly toys and teddy bears are lined along her shelves and bed. Dozens of floral tributes, dolls and cuddly toys were placed on metal railings near the scene of the tragedy. Go about in the shops and buy any little toys and models that have special bearing on civilian life in its more peaceful aspects. Replica toys can make it difficult for a child to be creative and imaginative. The black plastic bin liner contained teddy bears and other cuddly toys, Rosie and Jim dolls and a number of framed children's pictures. I'm pretty sure when I was small, we had a toy - doll, car, train, whatever - and pretended it was what we wanted it to be. Provide bright colored toys and toys like cars and trucks that move. Does anybody else involve cuddly toys and dolls in their conversations? There will be a range of automotive toys and model cars, boats and planes for children as well as a jumping castle, clowns, face painting and a care centre Some of the clothes on the hooks in the hallway were not mine; a child's toys, a few toy cars, stood in the corner. The toy is modelled on the pint-sized singer, even down to her famous bottom. If the toddler ignored the miniature toys for more than three or four minutes, however, we would draw attention to them. The shop stocks a selection of second-hand books, bric-a-brac, models, toys, games and a selection of official Yorkshire Air Ambulance souvenirs. And besides - have you ever tried making a 40 foot high replica of a stuffed toy out of pots of flowers? As summer arrived, so did the big wooden crates bringing wonderful dolls, mechanical toys, pedal cars, tricycles, scooters, dolls' prams. Using toys as scale models of their world, children taste, examine and set up their visions of larger worlds. Everything bar the kitchen sink has to go… from cuddly toys to the cars standing on their driveway. Miniature toy cars can drive with wet, painted tires over unusual papers. The appeal gives gifts to newborns right up to 16-year-olds from cuddly toys and books to action toys and games, toiletries and CDs. The result is a digital rendering of each concept, and a full-size sculpted model of the toy in foam. Synonyms plaything, game model, miniature, imitation, make-believe, fake, simulation, artificial 1.1 An object, especially a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult. （成人）玩物 in 1914 the car was still a rich man's toy 1914年，汽车还是富人的玩物。 Example sentencesExamples The shop has been operating for more than three months, selling lingerie, adult toys and adult magazines, none of which requires a licence. If nothing else, it will lead you deep into the jungle of new toys for your Linux machine. Slot machines are, in many respects, the toy adults never had before. If you look at most Asian customers, many also tend to be much more experimental with toys and gadgets. They test quirky gadgets and toys for grown ups in between answering calls from their satisfied pundits. Now that I have more gadgets and toys, I am more frustrated when there is no electricity to run them. Beyond the techno-phobia of the previous generations, however, the new generation will play with these technological gadgets as toys of a whole new game. The atmosphere is upbeat, and there's all kinds of nifty geek toys and gadgets to be found down every aisle. The leather interior alone is to die for and the toys and gadgets - though many - are thoughtfully laid out. But now that they've got that little one that everyone carries around, that's a bit of an adult toy, too. In the light of this fashion for adult toys, the Sunday Herald is offering its readers a unique retail opportunity. Or take the perceived realities we create around us - the high-flying jobs, the gadgets and toys, the houses built to impress. The investment looked canny as the market for gadgets and toys aimed at adults keeps growing. Though my family is first in line, right up there in third place is gadgets, those geeky toys we all love to mess with. Many homes are now full of expensive gadgets and toys. For years, people have joked that gadgets are basically just toys for grown ups. Nowadays, we have all sorts of electronic toys and gadgets, which give us assistance, but when you switch them off, that's the result! Most RVs have room to store adult toys, too, such as canoes, golf clubs, bicycles, and fishing gear. Handhelds have evolved from toys for the gadget-crazed to truly useful devices. And big adult toys, like bikes and computers need plenty of new space. Synonyms trinket, bauble, knick-knack, ornament, gewgaw, trifle, gimcrack, bagatelle, triviality 1.2 A person treated by another as a source of pleasure or amusement rather than with due seriousness. 玩偶，玩物（指人） a man needed a friend, an ally, not an idol or a toy 人需要朋友，盟友，而不是偶像或玩偶。 Example sentencesExamples Sadly the drugs rapidly tired her out and she slumped back in humiliated defeat, a toy for his pleasure. Ilsa treats the inhabitants of her prison camp like toys to be played with and broken. 2as modifier Denoting a diminutive breed or variety of dog. 小种狗 a toy poodle 一条小鬈毛狗。 Example sentencesExamples He stood at a podium, and beside him was a woman with a little toy poodle as carefully groomed as she was. Just this past month Fifi, her fluffy white toy poodle passed away and the void is painful. She also won first place in both the clipped terrier and toy and miniature poodle rounds, with help from miniature schnauzer Oscar and toy poodle Clive. Another example are some toy dogs which were bred to be a warning signals of invasion. Toni Gale's toy pom, Trixie, is a real pensioner at the age of 10, and the family has noticed that she's getting on in years. Some toy breeds can adapt happily to apartment life because their exercise requirements are modest. Tell the interviewer that your white toy poodle is lost in that huge snowbank and you need help. So, after eating in the kitchen, I let my small toy poodle dog into the house, from the garage. Unlike the show held in April, there were not many fancy and toy breeds. In England the cavalier, once thought to be on the verge of extinction, is the most popular toy breed. Like so many fashions in New York, Rosenthal says the surge in demand for toy dog breeds is largely celebrity-driven. The latest sad news is that their tiny toy poodle has disappeared. He was judged against a flat-coated retriever, a giant schnauzer, an Old English sheepdog, a wire fox terrier, a saluki hound and Pekingese toy dog. Now after all that fuss, I don't think she should have picked up her two toy poodles to sit on her lap. If you have a white toy poodle, you would want to place her on, or in front of, a black, blue or brown backdrop. Inform your honey that you've had it with the hysteria and the shrieking, so her toy poodle has to go. My ex-girlfriend had an apricot toy poodle and it was the best damned dog I've ever met. They had dogs of their own - a mastiff the size of a Humvee, and a tiny comma of a toy poodle. One can only hope they are of the toy variety, otherwise her family's apartment must get pretty crowded. The only dogs exempt from this rule are the toy breeds and puppies under 16 weeks of age. Synonyms miniature, small, tiny, fun-size, diminutive, dwarf, midget, pygmy verbtoitɔɪ [no object] 1Move or handle (an object) absentmindedly or nervously. 心不在焉地（或紧张地）摆弄 Example sentencesExamples For a moment we just stood there, holding each other, his head against my chest as I toyed absently with his hair. Her long, slender fingers toyed nervously with the two rings she had on her right hand. I start to toy around with the edge of his blanket. A final thought made him drop the chair back onto four legs, stand up and toy nervously with the inkwell. ‘Justin,’ I answered, toying nervously with the ends of my hideous plaid, pleated skirt. But turn I did, rolling over slowly to face the girl standing in the doorway, toying nervously with her sleeve. She thought it over as she toyed absently with a lock of hair behind one ear. Then he stops short and mulls it over, fingers toying absently with the spoon in his teacup. As Keira toyed absently with her fork on her empty plate, she asked Leah, ‘Talia's not coming with us, is she?’ He was toying absently with a leaf that he had picked up, which made me wonder about what he was thinking. Her fingers toyed absently with the handle of the mug of ale before her. Peter wasn't fooled; the officer toyed absently with a pencil and it snapped like a toothpick between his meaty fingers. Damien picked up a photograph from the mantelpiece, toying idly with it. 1.1 Eat or drink in an unenthusiastic or restrained way. 不热情地（或有节制地）吃（或喝） Example sentencesExamples She was toying with the drink Susan had supplied, and she was quite upset. I also believed it because he liked to eat, and I liked to cook, and he frequently came to dinner and ate a lot, but the last few times he just sort toyed with the food. 2Consider (an idea, movement, or proposal) casually or indecisively. 漫不经心地（或优柔寡断地）考虑（意见，行动，建议） Example sentencesExamples I had been toying around with an idea for personalized feed subscriptions. Biting my lip, I slid my arm in his and toyed around with calling her on it. She had also toyed with the idea of being a chicken farmer but considered the risks too high. Goaded by leftist privacy advocates, Congress has been toying with the idea of regulating the private sector in the name of privacy. I've been toying seriously with the idea of following him. It's not so much rock and roll as it is proto-punk, recalling the days when bands didn't yet know it was okay to spew their bile out on record, but were toying with the idea in vague mockeries of pop melodies. I toyed morosely with the idea that it had been worse this way - that the girls had come back and then left again, rather than just staying away. So you'd been toying with the idea for a while? Having lived in Canada for 15 years, Mr. John had been toying for long with the idea of launching a channel to showcase his home State. He had toyed with the idea of writing a novel about the Labor movement, with a Eugene Debs character at its center, for some time, and would continue to do so, but in the end the novel never got written. White toyed with the idea of resistance, but a casual glance at the guards' belts immediately reminded him of the repercussions. At any rate, I was considering the whole blogging thing and was toying with the idea of just quitting altogether, packing it up and saying ‘Adios Amigos!’ The airline industry has been toying with the idea of merging religion with air flight for quite a while now. I toy around with the idea of attention or stardom, but never know what to do with it when the spotlight shines on me for a brief moment. I toyed for a while with the idea of a fake tattoo, but decided against it (I tended to get sweaty on stage and didn't want to look stupid when the tattoo melted). Last summer I toyed briefly with the idea of becoming a tour guide - lo and behold, here were my potential customers… anyway, there was the entertainment of watching a woman struggle with a friendly poodle she claimed wasn't hers. She toyed briefly with the idea of torturing him for a little longer but decided that was just too cruel. We toyed around with the idea of letting you start with special powers and higher level values at start-up but decided that that would hinder the accessibility of the game. We were toying with the idea of recreating something of the lost, recent history, but soon found it a bit too obvious and deadpan to just restage one of the old dirty bars which used to be in the area. Last week I was toying with the idea of not returning to college. Jeff and I were toying around with the whole concept. I toyed around with the idea of waiting for awhile, until I could take a break from what I was working on. Synonyms think idly about, play with, flirt with, trifle with, entertain the possibility of, consider, have thoughts about, argue the pros and cons of 2.1 Treat (someone) without due seriousness, especially in a superficially amorous way. 调情，调戏 Example sentencesExamples I don't know, Mitch, what the psychiatrists or psychologists on our panel are going to say, but others today have been saying that he is toying with us. He felt himself staring back, still wondering what she meant by what she had said; if it had some universal meaning or if she was toying around with him. Life is good, but seriously Bill, you're way too easy to toy with. She had found a new guy to toy around with for a while, a new senior by the name of Grant, and was immensely enjoying their daily hook up routines in random places all over the school. What if he just wanted her to toy around with her for a while? Not one to toy around with; she takes her schoolwork and her role in the rehab center very seriously. As a pretty girl from a respectable family, she toys with her beaux - little boys who must play the love game by her rules. She just wanted to toy around a little with Adam but he obviously took it seriously. They toyed with me over the phone stuff a few weeks ago. Synonyms flirt with, dally with, sport with, play with, amuse oneself with, trifle with, fool with Origin Late Middle English: of unknown origin. The word originally denoted a funny story or remark, later an antic or trick, or a frivolous entertainment. The verb dates from the early 16th century.
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