[syn: play, toy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Toy \Toy\ (toi), n. [D. tuid tools, implements, stuff, trash,
speeltuig playthings, toys; akin to G. zeug stuff, materials,
MNG. ziuc, Icel. tygi gear; all ultimately from the root of
E. tug, v. t.; cf. G. zeugen to beget, MHG. ziugen to beget,
make ready, procure. See Tug, v. t.]
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1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper.
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2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
trade of little value; a trifle.
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They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys,
great abundance of gold and pearl. --Abr. Abbot.
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3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
opinion.
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To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser.
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What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they
all run away. --Beau. & Fl.
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Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
--Drayton.
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4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton.
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To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser.
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5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak.
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6. [Probably the same word.] A headdress of linen or woolen,
that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of
the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch. [Scot.]
"Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and
scarlet plaid." --Sir W. Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Toy \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
toying.]
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
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To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Toy \Toy\, v. t.
To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
toy
n 1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything,
toy]
2: a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as
a modifier); "a toy stove"
3: a device regarded as providing amusement; "private airplanes
are a rich man's toy"
4: a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced
size [syn: miniature, toy]
5: any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
[syn: toy dog, toy]
v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a
young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play,
flirt]
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" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play]
3: 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" [syn: play, toy]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
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!.
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The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
toy
n.
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!.