6 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toy \Toy\, v. t.
To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
toy
n 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: a 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}]
v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young
girl's affection" [syn: {dally}, {play}, {flirt}]
2: manipulate manually with no purpose or aim often without
being conscious of doing so "She played nervously with
her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws" [syn: {fiddle},
{diddle}, {play}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
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 {computron}s 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!}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
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
{computron}s 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!}.
[{Jargon File}]
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