toy with

VERB

dabble

Synonyms

STRONG

dally dilly-dally idle monkey play trifle

WEAK

amuse oneself with be amateur fiddle with flirt with horse around kid around mess around monkey around muck around not be serious play around play games with trifle with work superficially

Antonyms

WEAK

take seriously

VERB

dandle

Synonyms

STRONG

amuse cosset cradle dance fondle love nuzzle pet play rock sport toss toy

WEAK

ride on knee

Antonyms

STRONG

work

VERB

finger

Synonyms

STRONG

feel fiddle grope handle manipulate palpate paw thumb

WEAK

play with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

maul

WEAK

manhandle

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For almost as long, she’s also made experimental folk and electronic records that toy with avant-garde noise and quietly poignant songwriting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

For her Netflix version, Smith Metzler tweaks the plot to toy with our unconscious ideas of upper-class power dynamics.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Lionel Messi didn’t toy with defenders in the MLS Cup final.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

Think of the toddler's classic hammer-and-bench toy, with square, circular, triangular and star-shaped wooden pegs that can each only fit in the correspondingly shaped hole in the bench.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

I was only allowed to bring one toy with me.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

toy with

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