how to pronounce toying

/ˈtɔɪɪŋ/

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toying is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of toying in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and corey's absolutely toying with kobe …”

meanings of toying

verb:

Present participle of toy.

noun:

The act of one who toys.

toying frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word toying occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics toying can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that toying can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;