PLAYTHING

Pronunciation (US):

• PLAYTHING (noun)
  The noun PLAYTHING has 1 sense:

1. an artifact designed to be played with

  Familiarity information: PLAYTHING used as a noun is very rare.

• PLAYTHING (noun)

Meaning:

An artifact designed to be played with

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

plaything; toy

Hypernyms ("plaything" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plaything"):

ball (a spherical object used as a plaything)

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)

puzzle (a toy that tests your ingenuity)

rattle (a baby's toy that makes percussive noises when shaken)

sandbox; sandpile (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)

slide (plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide)

catapult; sling; slingshot (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; top; whirligig (a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin)

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)

pinwheel; pinwheel wind collector (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)

pinata (plaything consisting of a container filled with toys and candy; suspended from a height for blindfolded children to break with sticks)

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; dolly (a small replica of a person; used as a toy)

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; sailed with a flip of the wrist for recreation or competition)

hobby; hobbyhorse; rocking horse (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)

Lego; Lego set ((trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models)

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)

yo-yo (a toy consisting of a spool that is reeled up and down on a string by motions of the hand)