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Antonyms for toy

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : toi
Phonetic Transcription : tɔɪ

Definition of toy

Origin :
  • c.1300, "amorous playing, sport," later "piece of fun or entertainment" (c.1500), "thing of little value, trifle" (1520s), and "thing for a child to play with" (1580s). Of uncertain origin, and there may be more than one word here. Cf. Middle Dutch toy, Dutch tuig "tools, apparatus, stuff, trash," in speeltuig "play-toy, plaything;" German Zeug "stuff, matter, tools," Spielzeug "plaything, toy;" Danish tøi, Swedish tyg "stuff, gear."
  • noun entertainment article
  • verb play with
Example sentences :
  • He was sitting on the floor with our boy gravely intent on a toy circus.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Even this toy of a train brings us, in thirty minutes, to Beirut.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • You were but a lad learning to fly your first toy helics when that happened.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • We learn first to play with it academically, as the magnet was once a toy.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • He wrapped the toy vane in a piece of paper and handed it to his small patron.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He took up one of these and swung it round him like a toy, and the men fell on every side.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • His voice was squeaky and petulant, like that of a child who is suddenly forbidden a toy.
  • Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
  • When Philip was three, he loved playing with his toy airplane.
  • Extract from : « FreeChildrenStories.com Collection » by Daniel Errico
  • What's a toy to the health and happy future of these helpless little folk?
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • It is astonishing to see the reverence with which this toy is regarded.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Synonyms for toy

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