Definition of toy

"toy" in the noun sense

1. plaything, toy

an artifact designed to be played with

2. toy

a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier

"a toy stove"

3. toy

a device regarded as providing amusement

"private airplanes are a rich man's toy"

4. miniature, toy

a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size

5. toy dog, toy

any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

"toy" in the verb sense

1. dally, toy, play, flirt

behave carelessly or indifferently

"Play about with a young girl's affection"

2. 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"

3. 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"

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Quotations for toy

Wisdom picks friends; civility plays the rest.
A toy shunn'd cleanly passeth with the best. [ George Herbert ]

A coquette is to a man what a toy is to a child: as long as it pleases him, he keeps it; when it ceases to please him, he discards it.

Fiction is no longer a mere amusement; but transcendent genius, accommodating itself to the character of the age, has seized upon this province of literature, and turned fiction from a toy into a mighty engine. [ Channing ]

It is frivolous to fix pedantically the date of particular inventions. They have all been invented over and over fifty times, Man is the arch machine, of which all these shifts drawn from himself are toy models. He helps himself on each emergency by copying or duplicating his own structure, just so far as the need is. [ Emerson ]

I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fisherman caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy - something like that. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. You don't have to tell me, I said. I'm off the team, aren't I? Well, said Coach, you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times. It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

toy in Scrabble®

The word toy is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters toy:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word toy

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The 23 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In toy

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toy in Words With Friends™

The word toy is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters toy:

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The 24 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In toy

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Words within the letters of toy

2 letter words in toy (1 word)

3 letter words in toy (1 word)

toy + 1 blank (5 words)

Word Growth involving toy

Shorter words in toy

to

Longer words containing toy

bathtoy bathtoys

dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine dimyristoylphosphatidylcholines

dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholines

toybox toyboxes

toyboy toyboys

toyed

toyhouse toyhouses

toying

toyless

toylike

toymaker toymakers

toymaking

toys bathtoys

toys toyshop toyshops