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Toy - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Toy : (noun)
1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything]
2: a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used
as a modifier); "a toy stove"
3: copy that reproduces something in greatly reduced size [syn:
miniature]
4: any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
[syn: toy dog]
(verb)
1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young
girl's affection" [syn: dally, 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: 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 stockmarket"; "play with her feelings"; "toy
with an idea" [syn: play]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Toy : \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
toying.]
To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Toy : \Toy\, v. t.
To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.]
1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper.
2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
trade of little value; a trifle.
They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys,
great abundance of gold and pearl. --Abr. Abbot.
3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
opinion.
To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser.
What if a toy take'em in the heels now, and they all
run away. --Beau. &Fl.
Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
--Drayton.
4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton.
To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser.
5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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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Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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!.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Toy |
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kellanwarren: @brandonbrown The CVT reminds me of a hamster wheel, or maybe a rubber band powered Toy car. Take your pick. Manual > DSG > Auto > CVT. |
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radiopluszmusic: Most szol: Eminem - Toy Soldiers, Hallgasd: http://is.gd/4RhkF |
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Emo_Fuck: i love my new Toy !!!!! |
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