toy A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment. Simple examples include toy blocks, board games, and dolls. Toys are often designed for use by children, although many are designed specifically for adults and p ...

is an object used in play. Toy, TOY or Toys may also refer to:

People

Toy (surname) Toy is a Chinese, English, and Turkish surname. Origins As an English surname, Toy originated in two or three different ways. First, it was a nickname, either from Middle English "trifling thing; play, sport", or from Middle French "sheath". Se ...

, a list of people with the surname * Toy (given name), a list of people with the given name * Dorothy Toy, stage name of Japanese-American dancer Shigeko Takahashi (1917–2019) * Toy (footballer, born 1977), Cape Verdean-Portuguese footballer

Film

* ToY (film), a 2015 erotic lesbian romance drama * ''Toys'' (film), a 1992 film starring Robin Williams * ''The Toy'' (1976 film), a French comedy * ''The Toy'' (1982 film), starring Richard Pryor

Music

Groups

Toy (English band) Toy (stylised as TOY) were an English indie rock band from Brighton, East Sussex. They released five albums, an EP and a number of singles. In 2015, the band collaborated with Natasha Khan on the Sexwitch project. History The band was formed i ...

, an English rock band * Toy (Norwegian band), an electronic duo *

Toy (South Korean band) Toy () is a one-man project band of Korean pop singer-songwriter and pianist You Hee-yeol. Career Toy started as a duo of You Hee-yeol and Yoon Jeong-oh, and was named after their two initials 'Y', as in Two + Y = Toy. However, after releasin ...

, a South Korean music group * Toy (German band), a German band *

The Toys The Toys were an American pop girl group from Jamaica, New York, which was formed in 1961 and disbanded in 1968. Their most successful recording was " A Lover's Concerto" (1965), which sold more than two million copies and reached the number ...

, an American pop girl group * The Toys, former name of

Berlin (band) Berlin is an American New wave music, new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained commercial success in the 1980s with singles including "The Metro (song), The Metro", "Sex (I'm a ...)", "No More Words" and the chart- ...

Albums

* ''Toy'' (Toy album), the band's self-titled debut album * ''Toy'' (EP), a 1997 EP by Faye Wong * ''Toy'' (David Bowie album), an album by David Bowie * ''Toy'' (Yello album), 2016 * ''Toy'' (A Giant Dog album), 2017 * ''Toys'' (Funkadelic album), 2008 * ''Toys'' (Uri Caine album), 1995

Songs

* "Toy" (song), a song by Netta Barzilai, representing Israel, which won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest * "Toy", a song by Young Fathers from the album '' Cocoa Sugar'' * "Toys", a song by Spandau Ballet from ''

Journeys to Glory ''Journeys to Glory'' is the debut studio album by English synth-pop band Spandau Ballet, released on 6 March 1981 by Chrysalis Records. All of the songs on the album were produced by Richard James Burgess and written by band guitarist Gary Kemp ...

Other uses

* Toy, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province * ''The Toy'' (play), a 1789 play by John O'Keeffe * '' To-y'', a 1985 manga/anime series * ''Toys'' (video game), a 1993 Super NES and Sega Genesis action video game based on the film * Toy (chewing gum), a chewing gum sold in Sweden * Toy (graffiti) *

Toy dog Toy dog traditionally refers to a very small dog or a grouping of small and very small breeds of dog. A toy dog may be of any of various dog types. Types of dogs referred to as toy dogs may include spaniels, pinschers and terriers that have been ...

Toy problem In scientific disciplines, a toy problem or a puzzlelike problem is a problem that is not of immediate scientific interest, yet is used as an expository device to illustrate a trait that may be shared by other, more complicated, instances of the ...

, a problem used as an example for demonstrating or testing problem solving methods in mathematics and related fields * ''Toys'' (novel), a novel by James Patterson and Neil McMahon * Toyama Airport, Japan, IATA airport code *

Toys Hill Toys Hill or Toy's Hill is a hamlet in Brasted civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It lies to the south of Brasted Chart, also in the parish. The hamlet is on the steep scarp slope of the Greensand Ridge, a prominent esc ...

, a hamlet and hill in Kent, England