n. 1 plaything Whenever he visited, Uncle Jed brought toys for the children 2 trifle, trinket, bauble, gewgaw, gimcrack, knick-knack, bagatelle, kickshaw, bit of frippery After marrying her, he treated her as a rich man's toy
v. 3 Usually, toy with. trifle (with), dally (with), play (with), sport (with), fool (with), fiddle (with), tinker (with) He kept toying with his watch chain 4 Usually, toy with. flirt (with), dally (with), dilly-dally (with), play (with), deal with carelessly, amuse oneself with The cad was only toying with her affections
adj. 5 miniature, tiny, diminutive, small, dwarf She breeds toy poodles 6 imitation, fake, phoney or US also phony, simulated, artificial This is only a toy watch and doesn't work