Toy
Toy verb - To engage in activity for amusement.
Usage example: the cat toyed with the mouse it had caught, batting it about
Nearby Word: toying
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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It does however work in the context of the film, as the toy flees from the terrifying child.
Source: Western Animation / Tin Toy -
If you've seen a toothed music box, a player piano, or a Fisher-Price toy record player with toy records, these work on the same principle, only on a much smaller scale.
Source: Useful Notes / Optical Disc - But his willingness to spend money on new nickel-cadmium batteries means that at least his toy cars work again.
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Work and Toy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/toy/work
Toy & Work. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/toy/work>.
Work or Toy. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/toy/work.
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