toy
    n 1: an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything,
         toy]
    2: a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as
       a modifier); "a toy stove"
    3: a device regarded as providing amusement; "private airplanes
       are a rich man's toy"
    4: a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced
       size [syn: miniature, toy]
    5: any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets
       [syn: toy dog, toy]
    v 1: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a
         young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play,
         flirt]
    2: manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She
       played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with
       the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the
       Senate" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play]
    3: engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take
       it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play
       the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an
       idea" [syn: play, toy]

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.]
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   1. A plaything for children; a bawble. --Cowper.
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   2. A thing for amusement, but of no real value; an article of
      trade of little value; a trifle.
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            They exchange for knives, glasses, and such toys,
            great abundance of gold and pearl.    --Abr. Abbot.
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   3. A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling
      opinion.
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            To fly about playing their wanton toys. --Spenser.
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            What if a toy take 'em in the heels now, and they
            all run away.                         --Beau. & Fl.
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            Nor light and idle toys my lines may vainly swell.
                                                  --Drayton.
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   4. Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. --Milton.
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            To dally thus with death is no fit toy. --Spenser.
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   5. An old story; a silly tale. --Shak.
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   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.
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Toy \Toy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. toyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   toying.]
   To dally amorously; to trifle; to play.
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         To toy, to wanton, dally, smile and jest. --Shak.
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Toy \Toy\, v. t.
   To treat foolishly. [Obs.] --E. Dering (1576).
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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 computrons 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!.

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
   computrons 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!.

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