toyed
SayTOYD/tɔɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of toy.
The cat toyed with the mouse before finally letting it scurry away.
For years she toyed with the notion of writing a novel about her grandmother.
Note
One spelling does both jobs: she toyed, she has toyed. Its everyday uses are intransitive and lean on with. You toyed with a pencil, or toyed with an idea you never committed to, so idle handling and idle pondering share one construction. Only the slang sexual sense takes a direct object, so a bare object straight after the verb tends to be read that way.
toyed is a form of toy
toy, verb: To handle or play with something idly, without serious attention. Full entry
- Spelling
- toy → toyed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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