Read full poem →Urges more strong the simpering maid to love;
More freely using toying ways to win--
Tokens that echo from the soul within--
Dictionary Entry
To play (with) in an idle or desultory way.
In a Sentence
“Figo is toying with the English defence.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
around toying. toyingnervously toyingidly toyingtoying begantoying still
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Antonyms
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Poetry examples for “toying”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Of seamen, and stout galley-rowers' toil:
With toying oars and silken sails they glide,
Nor care for wind and tide.