Definition
To handle something in a careless or frivolous manner.
To play, especially with or as with a toy.
In Context
- "You shouldn't toy with someone's feelings."
- "Roy Hodgson's team had toyed with everyone's nerves. They had come across a Poland side that gave everything on a night when Wembley often sounded more like Warsaw, and Gerrard's late, decisive strike came at a stage of the night when England's management was thinking about little more than protecting Wayne Rooney's first-half goal."