toy

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An object for children to play with.

   The little boy left his toys all over the floor.

2. 2
   noun

   Something expensive that gives someone pleasure or amusement.

   His new sports car is just a rich man's toy.

3. 3
   noun

   A small model or copy of something real.

   The children cooked an imaginary meal on their toy stove.

Common collocations

• toy gun Adjective + noun
• toy poodle Noun + noun

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 (“plaything, 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 Dutch tuig (“thing”), German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Icelandic tygi, Norwegian tøy (“equip…

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