play·thing (pl  th ng )n. 1. Something to play with; a toy. 2. One treated as a toy: a plaything of fate. |
plaything [ˈpleɪˌθɪŋ]
n
1. a toy
2. a person regarded or treated as a toy he thinks she is just his plaything
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| Noun | 1. |  plaything - an artifact designed to be played withball - a spherical object used as a plaything; "he played with his rubber ball in the bathtub" balloon - small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck cockhorse - anything used as a toy horse (such as a rocking horse or one knee of an adult) doll's house, dollhouse - a small model of a house used as a toy by children Frisbee - a light, plastic disk about 10 inches in diameter; propelled with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition rocking horse, hobby, hobbyhorse - a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride hula-hoop - plaything consisting of a tubular plastic hoop for swinging around the hips jack-in-the-box - plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened jungle gym - a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play jumping jack - plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings kaleidoscope - an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors kite - plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string Meccano, Meccano set - a child's construction set for making mechanical models pea shooter - a straight narrow tube through which pellets (as dried peas) can be blown at a target pinata - plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks pinwheel wind collector, pinwheel - a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind playhouse, wendy house - plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of pogo stick - plaything consisting of a pole with foot rests and a strong spring; propelled by jumping popgun - plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound rattle - a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken sandpile, sandpit, sandbox - a plaything consisting of a pile of sand or a box filled with sand for children to play in dandle board, seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board - a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end playground slide, sliding board, slide - plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide catapult, slingshot, sling - a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones stick horse - a child's plaything consisting on an imitation horse's head on one end of a stick swing - mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth teddy, teddy bear - plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials) spinning top, teetotum, whirligig, top - a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and string for his birthday" train set - a toy consisting of small models of railroad trains and the track for them to run on squirt gun, squirter, water gun, water pistol - plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water yo-yo - a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand |
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