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Definition of Plaything
1. Noun. An artifact designed to be played with.
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Specialized synonyms: Ball, Balloon, Cockhorse, Doll, Dolly, Doll's House, Dollhouse, Frisbee, Hobby, Hobbyhorse, Rocking Horse, Hula-hoop, Jack-in-the-box, Jungle Gym, Jumping Jack, Kaleidoscope, Kite, Lego, Lego Set, Meccano, Meccano Set, Pea Shooter, Pinata, Pinwheel, Pinwheel Wind Collector, Playhouse, Wendy House, Pogo Stick, Popgun, Rattle, Sandbox, Sandpile, Sandpit, Dandle Board, Seesaw, Teeter, Teeter-totter, Teeterboard, Teetertotter, Tilting Board, Playground Slide, Slide, Sliding Board, Catapult, Sling, Slingshot, Stick Horse, Swing, Teddy, Teddy Bear, Spinning Top, Teetotum, Top, Whirligig, Train Set, Squirt Gun, Squirter, Water Gun, Water Pistol, Yo-yo
Derivative terms: Toy
Definition of Plaything
1. n. A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
Definition of Plaything
1. Noun. A thing or person intended for playing with. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaything
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaything
Literary usage of Plaything
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Friedrich Froebel's Education by Development: The Second Part of the by Friedrich Fröbel (1899)
"And yet for the genuine educator, the ball is just as necessarily given as the
first plaything for the child, as the spherical form of the earth is for r ..."
2. Friedrich Froebel's Pedagogics of the Kindergarten: Or, His Ideas Concerning by Friedrich Fröbel, Josephine Jarvis (1895)
"THE SECOND plaything OF THE CHILD. (See Plate II. ... only the child will also
retain for the ball as his beloved plaything an uninterrupted affection. ..."
3. Friedrich Froebel's Education by Development: The Second Part of the by Friedrich Fröbel (1899)
"And yet for the genuine educator, the ball is just as necessarily given as the
first plaything for the child, as the spherical form of the earth is for r ..."
4. Friedrich Froebel's Pedagogics of the Kindergarten: Or, His Ideas Concerning by Friedrich Fröbel, Josephine Jarvis (1895)
"THE SECOND plaything OF THE CHILD. (See Plate II. ... only the child will also
retain for the ball as his beloved plaything an uninterrupted affection. ..."
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