sex toy

American  

[seks tawee] / ˈsɛks ˌtɔi /

noun

1. an object used to provide or increase sexual pleasure, as a dildo or vibrator.

2. a person viewed mainly as a means for obtaining sexual gratification; a sex object.

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Etymology

Origin of sex toy

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The law expanded the definition of sexual conduct to include real or “simulated” groping, display of a sex toy, “sexual gesticulations using accessories or prosthetics that exaggerate male or female sexual characteristics” if the acts “appeal to the prurient interest in sex.”

From Seattle Times

An American grandmaster who was part of a row which rattled the world of chess has denied using a vibrating sex toy to cheat.

From BBC

The law also criminalizes real or simulated groping, real or simulated arousal, and the display of a sex toy if done in a “prurient” manner in front of a minor or on public property at a time and place where the performance could reasonably be expected to be viewed by a child.

From Seattle Times

Rankin County, a rural, majority-white community outside Jackson, has been rocked by national controversy this year after five sheriff’s deputies and a local police officer broke into the home of two Black men, tortured them for two hours, sexually assaulted them with a sex toy and then shot one of them in the mouth.

From New York Times

The guilty pleas came less than two weeks after the former officers pleaded guilty on Aug. 3 to federal civil rights offenses stemming from the raid on Jan. 24, in which prosecutors said one of the men was shot in the mouth, and the other had a sex toy forced into his mouth.

From New York Times