doll
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
Etymology: From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy.
Etymology 1, noun sense 7 was coined and popularized by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) and the film adaptation Valley of the Dolls (1967).
Inflected forms:
form: dolls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dollz
pos: noun
tags: Internet
plural
form: dolls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dolling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dolled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dolled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
pos: noun
examples: "A thousand dollars are money, my father used to say when he drove fat oxen to market," replied John Wilde, in a mocking tone; "but it will not leave my hands for that shabby price; and, for my own part, it may ornament the foot of my daughter's doll."
gloss: An attractive young woman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.
gloss: An attractive young woman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: An attractive young woman.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A term of endearment
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Scotland
US
dated
examples: Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!”
"They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked.
gloss: A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?
Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!
gloss: The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
pos: noun
gloss: A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
pos: noun
examples: The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other.
gloss: A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have lost her nerve.
gloss: Synonym of doll up.
pos: verb
Derived words: action doll
apple doll
babushka doll
baby doll
baby doll dress
baby-doll dress
bisque doll
blood doll
blow-up doll
bobble-head doll syndrome
Bobo doll
China doll
china doll
corn doll
Dharma doll
dolldom
dollface
dollhood
dollhouse
doll's house
dollified
dollish
dollkind
doll-less
doll-like
dollmaker
dollmaking
dollship
doll's pram
doll up
dolly
Dutch doll
fashion doll
fuckdoll
glove doll
harvest doll
honeydoll
Ken doll
kewpie doll
love doll
matrioshka doll
matryoshka doll
nesting doll
nutcracker doll
paper doll
Paris doll
pincushion doll
porcelain doll
rag doll
rapedoll
Russian doll
sex doll
voodoo doll
Waldorf doll
wax doll
Translations:
lang: Hungarian
word: cicababa
lang: Italian
word: bambola
lang: Polish
word: lala
lang: Polish
word: lalka
lang: Polish
word: lalunia
lang: Spanish
word: muñeca
lang: Spanish
word: titi