Definition of "toyed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of toy. (verb)

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• "The Fiat Punto ads that first featured the phrase toyed with preconceptions about the different driving habits and interests of males and females, but surely no one outside a media studies course would argue that the marketing line was intended as a postmodern critique of consumer sexism."
• "But on Sunday, Lyon again toyed with the punchless Orioles, allowing just three hits and walking none."
• "After that, I think we just kind of toyed with the game."