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Antonyms for toying

Grammar : Verb
Spell : toi
Phonetic Transcription : tɔɪ

Definition of toying

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."
  • verb play with
Example sentences :
  • "Will you take a chair," said Crane, and he pushed the one he had been toying with toward Mortimer.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He sighed faintly and laid down the rose he had been toying with.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • Brander was toying idly with a chain that hung about the woman's neck.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • My hand was toying with it when I heard a faint scratching at the door.
  • Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • One hand was gloved; he was toying gently with the other glove.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • There'd been no mention of Nedda as toying with the thought of marrying Hoddan then, of course.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
  • "I'm sure I hope so," said Lennard, toying rather absently with his pencil.
  • Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
  • He was toying with a cigar, and wore a monocle and a "stovepipe" hat.
  • Extract from : « Four Young Explorers » by Oliver Optic
  • All this Dea Flavia knew, and knowing it found pleasure in toying with his wrath.
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • In fact, she seemed not to see him, so busy was she toying with her flowers.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Between » by Sara Ware Bassett

Synonyms for toying

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