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Noun: toying  toy-ing
  1. Playful behaviour intended to arouse sexual interest
    - flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance
Verb: toy  toy
  1. Behave carelessly or indifferently
    "toy about with a young girl's affection";
    - dally, play, flirt
     
  2. Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
    "Don't toy with the screws";
    - fiddle, diddle [informal], play
     
  3. Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
    "toy with an idea";
    - play

Derived forms: toyings

Type of: act, behave, caper [informal], do, frolic, gambol, manipulate, move, play, romp

Encyclopedia: Toying

Toy, William