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Definition toy

Etymology

From Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-Germanic *teug? (“stuff, matter, device", literally "that which is drawn”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhan? (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Spielzeug (“toy”), Danish legetøj (“play-thing, toy”). Related to tug, tow.

Noun

toy (plural toys)

1. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. [from 16th c.]
2. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. [from 16th c.]
3. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. [16th-17th c.]
4. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling. [16th-18th c.]
5. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim. [16th-17th c.]
6. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
7. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
8. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; called also toy mutch.

Verb

toy (third-person singular simple present toys, present participle toying, simple past and past participle toyed)

1. (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
2. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
3. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.

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