toy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: toy	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for toy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toy n an artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything, toy] a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove" a device regarded as providing amusement; "private airplanes are a rich man's toy" a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size Synonym(s): miniature, toy any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets Synonym(s): toy dog, toy v behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" Synonym(s): dally, toy, play, flirt 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" Synonym(s): toy, fiddle, diddle, play 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" Synonym(s): play, toy
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.] [bd]Having, moreover, put on her clean toy, rokelay, and scarlet plaid.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 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 (15Feb98) [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}]