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toy |
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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