Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: toying
IPA transcription: [t'ɔɪɪŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying
    Meaning: playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
Usage examples
  • "A coquettish grace--if we accept by this expression that half unconscious toying with the power that charms and fires, that follows up confession with reluctance--seems the very essence of Chopin's being."
  • The scene was on the high road from Shap to Vavasor, and as she was still dressed in all the sombre habiliments of early widowhood, and as neither he nor his sweetheart were under forty, perhaps it was as well that they were not caught toying together in so very public a place.