| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | all the time he was talking, he was toying with a pencil | на протяжении всего своего выступления он вертел в руках карандаш |
| gen. | he is merely toying with you | он просто играет вами |
| gen. | he toyed with a pencil | он вертел в руках карандаш |
| Makarov. | she sat toying with her glass | она сидела и вертела в руках очки |
| bank. | toy around with | экспериментировать (the Fed toyed around with various targets , but none of it mattered much ... akimboesenko) |
| gen. | toy/play with one's hair | теребить волосы (She toyed [=played] with her hair while she talked on the phone. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | toy with | играться с (Himera) |
| gen. | toy with | бороться с искушением (the) temptation (of/to: I was toying with the temptation of calling her. I was toying with the templation to tell him the truth. Рина Грант) |
| inf. | toy with | крутить (If you toy with an object, you keep moving it around with your fingers, especially while you are thinking about something else. He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly. VLZ_58) |
| inf. | toy with | покусывать (If you toy with food or drink, you do not eat or drink it with any enthusiasm, but only take a bite or a little drink from time to time. She had no appetite, and merely toyed with the bread and cheese. VLZ_58) |
| inf. | toy with | крутить-вертеть как хотеть (someone VLZ_58) |
| inf. | toy with | вертеть (VLZ_58) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | toy with | ковырять |
| gen. | toy with | ковырнуть (semelfactive of ковырять) |
| gen. | toy with a young girl's affections | играть чувствами девушки |
| media. | toy with an idea | заигрывать с идеей (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | toy with an idea | подумывать (Koltun) |
| idiom. | toy with doing something | подумывать о том, чтобы (oliversorge) |
| inf. | toy with the idea | носиться с идеей (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | toy with the idea | предаваться мечтам (Mira_G) |
| idiom. | toy with the idea | забавляться мыслью (Abysslooker) |
| idiom. | toy with the idea | тешить себя мыслью (Sally has often toyed with the idea of moving abroad, but she's still here! Mira_G) |
| inf. | toy with the idea | подумывать (For a time he had toyed with the idea/notion of becoming a doctor. VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | toy with the idea of doing something | подумывать о том, чтобы (oliversorge) |
| Makarov. | toy with the matches | баловаться со спичками |
| gen. | toy with the muse | пописывать |
| gen. | toy with the thought | подумывать (Anglophile) |
| inf. | you'd better not be toying with me | не нужно со мной в игры играть (Technical) |
