n.
1 plaything:
Whenever he visited, Uncle Jed brought toys for the children.
2 trifle, trinket, bauble, gewgaw, gimcrack, knick-knack, bagatelle, kickshaw, bit of frippery:
After marrying her, he treated her as a rich man's toy.
v.
3 Usually, toy with. trifle (with), dally (with), play (with), sport (with), fool (with), fiddle (with), tinker (with):
He kept toying with his watch chain.
4 Usually, toy with. flirt (with), dally (with), dilly-dally (with), play (with), deal with carelessly, amuse oneself with:
The cad was only toying with her affections.
adj.
5 miniature, tiny, diminutive, small, dwarf:
6 imitation, fake, phoney or US also phony, simulated, artificial:
This is only a toy watch and doesn't work.