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Is toy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word toy is a Scrabble US word. The word toy is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word toy is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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3-letter words (1 found)

TOY,

2-letter words (3 found)

OY,TO,YO,

You can make 4 words from toy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of toy

toy oty tyo yto oyt yot

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Definitions and meaning of toy

toy

Etymology

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 (“play-thing, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, 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 German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”). Related to tug, tow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Noun

toy (plural toys)

  1. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. [from 16th c.]
  2. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle. [from 16th c.]
  3. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal. [16th–17th c.]
  4. Short for toy dog.
  5. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling. [16th–18th c.]
  6. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim. [16th–17th c.]
    • , vol.1, III.i.2:
      Though they do talk with you, and seem to be otherwise employed, and to your thinking very intent and busy, still that toy runs in their mind, that fear, that suspicion, that abuse, that jealousy […].
  7. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
  8. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes.
    Synonym: toy mutch
  9. A sex toy (object or device to give sexual pleasure).
  10. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
  11. (slang, MLE) A gun.
    Synonym: bit (slang, MLE)
  12. (slang, euphemistic, dated) The penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
  13. (slang, euphemistic, dated) The vagina.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
  15. (slang, dated) A watch.
  16. (slang, dated) A small jar (about an inch across) used to hold prepared opium.
  17. (slang, dated) A small ball of opium (about the size of a pea).

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:toy

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

toy (third-person singular simple present toys, present participle toying, simple past and past participle toyed)

  1. (intransitive) To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
  2. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
  3. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.

Translations

See also

References

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “toy n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “toy n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Anagrams

  • Tyo, yot

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *toy (“feast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toj/

Noun

toy (definite accusative toyu, plural toylar)

  1. wedding

Declension

Crimean Tatar

Noun

toy

  1. wedding feast
  2. banquet

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish tøj, from Middle Low German tüg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɔiː/, /tʰœiː/

Noun

toy n (genitive singular toys, uncountable)

  1. fabric

Declension

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • toi

Pronoun

toy

  1. (in the singular, less formal) you

Synonyms

  • (plural or polite singular): vous

Related terms

  • te
  • tu

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɪ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish طوی, attested in Turkic from the 11th century.

Adjective

toy

  1. immature, naive
  2. amateur, unexperienced

Etymology 2

Noun

toy (definite accusative toyu, plural toylar)

  1. great bustard; Otis tarda

See also

  • tay

Etymology 3

From Common Turkic *toy (“feast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toj/

Noun

toy (definite accusative toyu, plural toylar)

  1. (dated) feast, wedding
Declension

Further reading

  • “toy”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “toy1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1264

Uzbek

Noun

toy (plural toylar)

  1. foal

Source: wiktionary.org