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Meanings of
toying
in English
Portuguese
flerte
Catalan
coqueteig
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Playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest.
flirting
flirt
flirtation
coquetry
dalliance
Portuguese
flerte
Usage of
toying
in English
1
It feinted right and then left in mock attacks,
toying
with her.
2
In the doorway stood the collector, smoking and
toying
with his watch-charm.
3
Gina considered an idea she'd been
toying
with ever since Caleb's funeral.
4
Scientists have been
toying
with this idea, theoretically at least, for decades.
5
For nearly a month now, she had been
toying
with an idea.
6
But here was Obama,
toying
with going to the Sunshine State anyway.
7
Lind was
toying
with one of the pieces of the broken paper-knife.
8
Mr. Rockefeller has been
toying
with elaborate plans for the whole area.
9
Premium Are the factories
toying
with sheep farmers to flush out supplies?
10
Even under the coalition they were
toying
with doing it in France.
11
The lad was
toying
with it, amusing himself and a Maori chief.
12
When I saw she was
toying
with me, she began to...make demands.
13
It is almost as if the TV station was
toying
with us.
14
Jakob set down the quill pen with which he had been
toying
.
15
Joe liked to entertain his guests by
toying
with the prying officials.
16
Kennedy had been reaching over to a table,
toying
with the phonograph.
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toying
toy
Noun
Singular
toy
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
toy with
toy absently
toy around
toy idly
toy nervously
More collocations
Translations for
toying
Portuguese
flerte
Catalan
coqueteig
flirteig
Toying
through the time
Toying
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common