Meaning of toy in English

toy

noun [ C ]

/tɔɪ/ us

/tɔɪ/

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an object for children to play with:

a clockwork/wind-up toy

UK a cuddly/soft/stuffed toy

Put your toys away now - it's time for bed.

Leave daddy's camera alone - it isn't a toy!

toy train A little girl was pushing a train along the floor saying, "choo choo".

toy soldier Growing up he planned elaborate strategies with toy soldiers.

an object that is used by an adult for pleasure rather than for serious use:

His latest toy is an underwater camera.

executive toy She has several executive toys on her desk.

sex toy The sexual wellness company sells sex toys, underwear, and more.

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Carol won a large soft toy at the fair.
I remember when I was a child being very impressed with how many toys she had.
I want you to clear all these toys away before bedtime.
Babies like toys that make a noise when you shake them.
Put that down carefully, Christopher, and don't fiddle with it please - it's not a toy.

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toy

adjective [ before noun ]

/tɔɪ/ us

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belonging or relating to a very small breed of dog that is kept as a pet:

a toy poodle/spaniel

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(Definition of toy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

toy | American Dictionary

toy

noun [ C ]

/tɔɪ/

toy noun [C] (PLAY OBJECT)

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an object that children play with:

a stuffed toy

a toy train/soldier

toy

adjective [ not gradable ]

/tɔɪ/

toy adjective [not gradable] (SMALL DOG)

(of a breed of dog) very small and kept as a pet:

a toy poodle

(Definition of toy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of toy

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Furthermore, children manifested a marked increase in pretend-play with toy objects that were replicas of real objects specifically designed to stand for other objects.

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It is a rather elegant tool one can use to engage in social activities and share ideas or perhaps coerce others to share their toys.

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Children were merely demarcated as such by virtue of their smaller scale and the presence of toys, pets, and educational aids.

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The work has immediate practical application in showing how domestic and personal robots, and robotic toys and pets, can most effectively interact with humans.

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Separate areas provided opportunities for housekeeping, blocks, puzzles, games, and precast and manipulative toy play activities, as well as an option for individual reading.

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However, the caller persists in toying with the answerer by extending the game a bit more.

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One adult manipulated toy characters and props and provided the narration.

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That is, using the narrower definition of nouns, at the syntactical stage more verb types than noun types were produced in the toy context.

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This may be especially so when referring to toys that do not display prominent gender characteristics, for example, abstract human figures, babies and animals.

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Then, while putting the magic toys away, the magician accidentally broke a toy.

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For the second session, the dyads were instructed to enact the two scripted events (in counterbalanced order) using script-appropriate toys.

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In the principal experimental conditions, children first heard either an ignorant or a knowledgeable speaker link a novel word with one of three toys.

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Diamond coded infants' levels of interest in the hidden toys as they were hidden and then uncovered.

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Greek lyric meter is then a carefully orchestrated way of toying with the expectations of metrically sophisticated listeners.

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During the speech samples, the children read books or played with puppets, puzzles and other toys while talking to the research assistants.

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Collocations with toy

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toy factory

If a toy factory cannot get its raw materials, unemployment may result.

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toy manufacturer

Eventually, a community office was placed in the local toy manufacturer.

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toy piano

Her first memory of making music was playing a toy piano when she was aged four.

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What is the pronunciation of toy?

Translations of toy

in Chinese (Traditional)

玩具, （供成年人玩賞的）玩意, （寵物狗）小的…

Meaning of toy in English

toy | American Dictionary

toy noun [C] (PLAY OBJECT)

toy adjective [not gradable] (SMALL DOG)

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