toy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: toi
ipa: /tɔɪ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /taɪ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /tɑɪ/
rhymes: -ɔɪ
Forms: form: toys
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew.
Senses: examples: text: A grown man like him does not play with a child’s toy.
glosses: Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
examples: text: tis a pretie toy to be a Poet.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
text: he had deflowered the abbess, and as many besides of the nuns as he could, and leaves him withal rings, jewels, girdles, and such toys to give them still, when they came to visit him.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
glosses: A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
examples: text: Since standards are large dogs, they grow much more rapidly than miniatures and toys, which means that they require more supplements.
ref: 1968, Jeff Griffen, The Poodle Book, page 36:
glosses: Ellipsis of toy dog.
examples: text: Then seemed him his Lady by him lay, / And to him playnd, how that false winged boy, / Her chast hart had subdewd, to learne Dame pleasures toy.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
examples: text: Though they do talk with you, and seem to be otherwise employed, and to your thinking very intent and busy, still that toy runs in their mind, that fear, that suspicion, that abuse, that jealousy […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter 3, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2:
text: To fly about playing their wanton toys.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 50:
text: What if a toy take 'em i'th' heels now, and they all run away.
ref: c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
examples: text: More strange than true: I never may believe these antique fables, nor these fairy toys.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: An old story; a silly tale.
examples: text: Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
synonyms: toy mutch
glosses: A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by elderly women of the lower classes.
glosses: Ellipsis of sex toy.
examples: text: It is incorrect to say that toys tag and masters piece; toys just do bad tags, bad throw-ups, and bad pieces.
ref: 2009, Gregory J. Snyder, Graffiti Lives: Beyond the Tag in New York's Urban Underground, page 40:
text: I was a toy until I met Sear, who moved here from Toronto and showed me the book Subway Art.
ref: 2011, Adam Melnyk, Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti, page 45:
text: DAVE COLUMBO (played by Gabriel Bisset-Smith): So, Rave, you’re a graffiti artist. RAVE: Writer. Graffiti writer. There’s a difference. DAVE COLUMBO: What do you make of “I Came By”(the practice of robbing rich people’s houses and tagging them with the words “I came by”)? RAVE: I think whoever done it is a fucking toy. I heard it’s not the same crew anymore.
ref: 2022 August 31, Babak Anvari, Namsi Khan, 15:22 from the start, in Babak Anvari, director, I Came By (film), spoken by Rave (Sean Rey):
topics: arts
graffiti
visual-arts
glosses: An inferior graffiti artist.
examples: text: RONNIE: Now, that is a SIG Sauer P226. JIMMY VICKERS (played by Danny Dyer): Yeah, takes 19 in the clip. It’s effective up to 50 metres. RONNIE: Man knows his toys.
ref: 2013 December 23, Stephen Reynolds, 48:02 from the start, in Stephen Reynolds, director, Vendetta (film), spoken by Ronnie (Nick Nevern):
synonyms: bit
glosses: A gun.
synonyms: word: anaconda
word: baloney pony
word: bald-headed hermit
word: banana
word: birdie
word: bobby
word: boonga
word: cack
word: choad
word: choda
word: chode
word: chopper
word: cigar
word: cock
word: corey
word: crank
word: cucumber
word: custard launcher
word: D
word: dick
word: dicklet
word: diddle
word: diddly
word: dingaling
word: ding-a-ling
word: ding-dong
word: dinger
word: dingle
word: dingus
word: dingy
word: dink
word: dinkle
word: dipstick
word: dirk
word: disco stick
word: dog bone
word: dong
word: donger
word: Donkey Kong
word: doodle
word: dork
word: down
word: fire hose
word: fuckpole
word: gherkin
word: hairy canary
word: hammer
word: hog
word: hot dog
word: hot rod
word: hoo-hoo
word: hooter
word: it
word: jade stalk
word: jamoke
word: jigger
word: jimmy
word: jock
word: johnson
word: John Thomas
word: joint
word: Jonathan
word: joystick
word: kielbasa
word: knob
word: lad
word: langer
word: lingam
word: love muscle
word: love stick
word: love truncheon
word: love sausage
word: love wand
word: machine
word: magnum
word: Master John Goodfellow
word: male member
word: manhood
word: man-meat
word: meat
word: meat puppet
word: meat rod
word: meat scepter
word: meatstick
word: meat stick
word: member
word: membrum virile
word: nature's scythe
word: nob
word: old chap
word: old fellow
word: one-eyed trouser snake
word: organ
word: package
word: pecker
word: peen
word: pee-pee
word: pee-wee
word: pego
word: penis
word: Percy
word: peter
word: phallus
word: pickle
word: piece
word: piece of pork
word: pike
word: pillicock
word: pingas
word: pink cigar
word: pink oboe
word: pintle
word: pipe
word: pisser
word: piston
word: pizzle
word: plonker
word: pork sword
word: prick
word: pud
word: purple-headed yogurt slinger
word: putz
word: p-word
word: python
word: ramrod
word: rape tool
word: rod
word: root
word: rutter
word: salami
word: sausage
word: schlong
word: schmuck
word: sex tool
word: shaft
word: shlong
word: shmekl (qualifier
word: colloquial
word: Yiddish)
word: short arm
word: skin flute
word: snake
word: snausage
word: spitstick
word: stem
word: stretcher
word: sucker
word: swipe
word: tadger
word: tagger
word: tail
word: tallywhacker
word: tarse
word: thing
word: thingy
word: third leg
word: tic tac
word: todger
word: tool
word: trouser monkey
word: trouser snake
word: truncheon
word: tube steak
word: unit
word: virile member
word: wang
word: weapon
word: wee-wee
word: weenie
word: weeny
word: whang
word: wick
word: widgie
word: widdler
word: wiener
word: willie
word: willy
word: wingwang
word: winkle
word: winky
word: yard
word: ying-yang
glosses: The penis.
synonyms: word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
glosses: The vagina.
examples: text: a toy and tackle (a watch and chain)
text: Me and the other one went by ourselves; he was very tricky (clever) at getting a poge or a toy, but he would not touch toys because we was afraid of being turned over (searched).
ref: 1879 October, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, number 240, page 505, column 2:
text: And as it commonly took three men to secure a single watch in the open street—one to 'front,' one to snatch, and a third to take from the snatcher—the gains of the toy-getting trade were poor, except to the fence.
ref: 1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago, London: Methuen & Co., page 239:
glosses: A watch.
examples: text: Sonia, with a woman's dainty deftness in small matters, dug out the chocolate-colored opium from a little white jar, a "toey," cooking it over a steady flame of peanut-oil.
ref: 1915, George Bronson Howard, God's Man, Indianapolis, I.N.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 127:
text: Chang was always on call, to go to Americans with "toys" of hop, ready to "cook," if desired by his patrons.
ref: 1928, May Churchill Sharpe [i.e., Chicago May], Chicago May: Her Story, New York, N.Y.: The Macaulay Company, pages 159–160:
text: I called up Mike and pleaded with him to bring me the joint (the layout) and put me out of my misery. Instead he came up with some medicine, a patent product called Wampoole's Mixture that was supposed to help you taper off the stuff. What you did was, you took a toy (a tin) of hop and shook it up with this medicine in a bottle and kept taking it every day. As the bottle got empty you kept filling it up again with more of the medicine, so the amount of hop kept going down and finally you were taking practically straight medicine.
ref: 1946, Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, pages 253–254:
glosses: A small jar (about an inch across) used to hold prepared opium.
examples: text: I smoked a toy a day, same as on the ship. You could buy a small toy for two dollars.
ref: 1989, David Courtwright, Herman Joseph, Don Des Jarlais, quoting Lao Pai-Hsing (translated interview), Addicts Who Survived: An Oral History of Narcotic Use in America, 1923-1965, Knoxville, T.N.: The University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: The act at the Alamo began with Jackson sprawled on a chair and pretending to be smoking opium. He used a broom handle with a tin cup at the end as if he were cooking opium. There wasn't a patron in the joint who had to ask what they were pretending to do. When Jackson took small balls of wax and said he was making "toys," everybody laughed.
ref: 1991, Jimmy Breslin, Damon Runyon, New York, N.Y.: Ticknor & Fields, →ISBN, pages 176–177:
glosses: A small ball of opium (about the size of a pea).
Synonyms: word: plaything
word: toy
Hyponyms: word: doll
word: hula hoop
word: kite
word: pop gun
word: rocking horse
word: rubber duck
word: spinning top
word: squirt gun
word: stuffed animal
word: water gun
word: water pistol
word: teddy bear
word: yo-yo
Derived terms: Amertoy
boy-toy
boytoy
boy toy
chew toy
cuddly toy
English toy spaniel
English Toy Terrier
entertoyment
executive toy
fidget toy
fuck toy
fuck-toy
fucktoy
love toy
playtoy
plush toy
pool toy
rapetoy
rose toy
Russian Toy
Russian Toy Terrier
sex toy
soft toy
stim toy
stuffed toy
tick and toy
toybox
toy-boy
toy boy
toyboy
toy car
toychest
toy collie
toy currency
toy dog
toydom
toy drive
toyer
toyetic
toy fox terrier
toyful
Toyger
toyhouse
toyish
toykind
Toyland
toyless
toylike
toyline
toy line
toymaker
toymaking
toyman
toy model
toyous
toy poodle
toy problem
toyseller
toyshop
toy shop
toys in the attic
toy soldier
toysome
toystore
toy theory
Toytown
toy with
toywoman
toywort
wind-up toy
Related terms: word: :Category:Toys