Toying

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  • verb. Present participle of toy.
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  • noun. playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
  • Word Usage
    "Back on the job, the emotionally fragile but brutish Luther is plunged into a weird murder case where he encounters "malignant narcissist" and possible killer Alice Morgan (an eerily intense Ruth Wilson), who delights in toying with Luther's already troubled mind."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    caper  frolic  gambol  play  romp  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    verb-stem
    toy