toy – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of toy

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to toy
Participle: toyed
Gerund: toying

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itoy
youtoy
he;she;ittoys
wetoy
youtoy
theytoy

Perfect

Ihave toyed
youhave toyed
he;she;ithas toyed
wehave toyed
youhave toyed
theyhave toyed

Past

Itoyed
youtoyed
he;she;ittoyed
wetoyed
youtoyed
theytoyed

Pluperfect

Ihad toyed
youhad toyed
he;she;ithad toyed
wehad toyed
youhad toyed
theyhad toyed

Future

Iwill toy
youwill toy
he;she;itwill toy
wewill toy
youwill toy
theywill toy

Future Perfect

Iwill have toyed
youwill have toyed
he;she;itwill have toyed
wewill have toyed
youwill have toyed
theywill have toyed

Subjunctive

Present

Itoy
youtoy
he;she;ittoy
wetoy
youtoy
theytoy

Perfect

Ihave toyed
youhave toyed
he;she;ithave toyed
wehave toyed
youhave toyed
theyhave toyed

Imperfect

Itoyed
youtoyed
he;she;ittoyed
wetoyed
youtoyed
theytoyed

Pluperfect

Ihad toyed
youhad toyed
he;she;ithad toyed
wehad toyed
youhad toyed
theyhad toyed

Conditional

Present

Iwould toy
youwould toy
he;she;itwould toy
wewould toy
youwould toy
theywould toy

Perfect

Iwould have toyed
youwould have toyed
he;she;itwould have toyed
wewould have toyed
youwould have toyed
theywould have toyed

Imperative

youtoy
weLet's toy
youtoy

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam toying
youare toying
he;she;itis toying
weare toying
youare toying
theyare toying

Perfect

Ihave been toying
youhave been toying
he;she;ithas been toying
wehave been toying
youhave been toying
theyhave been toying

Past

Iwas toying
youwere toying
he;she;itwas toying
wewere toying
youwere toying
theywere toying

Pluperfect

Ihad been toying
youhad been toying
he;she;ithad been toying
wehad been toying
youhad been toying
theyhad been toying

Future

Iwill be toying
youwill be toying
he;she;itwill be toying
wewill be toying
youwill be toying
theywill be toying

Future Perfect

Iwill have been toying
youwill have been toying
he;she;itwill have been toying
wewill have been toying
youwill have been toying
theywill have been toying

Conditional

Present

Iwould be toying
youwould be toying
he;she;itwould be toying
wewould be toying
youwould be toying
theywould be toying

Perfect

Iwould have been toying
youwould have been toying
he;she;itwould have been toying
wewould have been toying
youwould have been toying
theywould have been toying

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'toy'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'toy'

boy, coy, joy, noy, tod, toe, tog, tol, tom, top,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trifle
jest, dabble

Antonyms

trifle
importance, portent, weight, urgency

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“plaything, toy”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *tiugī̆, *teug, from Proto-Germanic *teugą (“stuff, matter, device, gear, lever”, literally “that which is drawn or pulled”), from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”).
2. Cognate with Dutch tuig (“thing”), German Zeug (“stuff”), Danish tøj (“stuff”), Icelandic tygi, Norwegian tøy (“equipment, riggings, stuff”), Swedish tyg (“cloth, textile, fabric”). Related to tug, tow, taw, tew. See: Proto-Germanic '*teuhaną'.

Sample Sentences

  • to toy with a piece of food on one’s plate
  • Figo is toying with the English defence.
  • His [Hercules's] Lyons skin chaungd to a pall of gold, / In which forgetting warres, he onely ioyed / In combats of ſweet loue, and with his miſtreſſe toyed. [1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 24, page 246:]
  • I have been toying with the idea of starting my own business.
  • He could see her hand go to her slit, and soon she was toying herself along, breathing heavily. [2013, Jonathan Everest, Lady Loverly's Chattel:]