toying

Speech parts

1. toying - Noun

2. toying - Verb

Meaning

of Toy

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flirting flirtation flirt dalliance coquetry merry bob jolly allegro dally airy blithe diddle game light
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Antonyms

low blue unhappy depressed troubled sad
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Hypernyms

play caper frolic romp gambol

Phrases with the word

toying with

Anagrams

yitong Yoting

Examples

Agesilaus was very fond of his children; and it is reported that once toying with them he got astride upon a reed as upon a horse, and rode about the room; and being seen by one of his friends, he desired him not to speak of it till he had children of his own. Plutarch

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day. Anita Diament

At one point, CERN was toying with patenting the World Wide Web. Robert Cailliau

If it is a plan or a design, the planner must be either very capricious - really toying with his creation; and/or very clumsy, very tinkering and fantastically wasteful - throw away 99.9% of what you've made; or very cruel and very callous; or just perhaps very indifferent. Christopher Hitchens

I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual,' but bi-curious? Yea. Adam Lambert

I've just written a very gritty, non-magical take on the King Arthur legend, 'Here Lies Arthur,' and I'm currently toying with some other historical ideas, as well as working with the illustrator David Wyatt on some sequels to my Victorian space opera 'Larklight.' Philip Reeve

Close letter words and terms

Toyger toyhouse toyi-toyi toying with toyingly toyish