toy withsomething
phrasal verbwithtoyverbuk/tɔɪ/us/tɔɪ/
(CONSIDER)
toconsidersomething or doing something, but not in a veryseriousway, and without making adecision:
We're toying withtheideaof going to Peru nextyear.
Thinking and contemplating
- a brown studyidiom
- agonize
- agonize over/aboutsomething
- beard-stroking
- bethink
- consideration
- dip
- harbour
- in the cold light of dayidiom
- introspect
- introspection
- joined-up thinking
- lateral thinking
- reflection
- rumination
- run throughsomeone'smind/headidiom
- scratch
- scratchyourheadidiom
- self-contemplation
- self-reflection
(TOUCH)
totouchanobjectormoveit around withyourhand, without anypurposebut whilethinkingabout somethingelse:
She just toyed with hersalad.
He toyednervouslywith abuttonon hisjacketas he wasspeaking.
Touching & feeling
- brush
- dab
- feel
- felt
- fiddle (around) withsomething
- get to second baseidiom
- get to third baseidiom
- hand
- kinaesthesia
- kiss
- paw
- pet
- play withsomething
- retexture
- second base
- stroke
- tactile
- texture
- third base
- touch