Business name word
Toy
Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
Pronunciation: /tɔɪ/, /taɪ/
What “Toy” means
Noun
- Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
- A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
- A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
- Ellipsis of toy dog.
- Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
Verb
- To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
- To ponder or consider.
- To stimulate with a sex toy.
Adj
- Impractical or unsuitable for real-world use, due to being unrealistically small or simple.
Where the word comes from
Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“plaything, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Dutch tuig (“thing”), German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Icelandic tygi, Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”), Swedish tyg (“cloth, textile, fabric”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew.
Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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