Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several tropical and subtropical live-bearing fishes of the genus Poecilia or Mollienesia, commonly kept in aquariums.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A familiar form of feminine name
- n. [lowercase; pl. mollies (-iz).] The wagtail, a bird: as, the yellow molly (the yellow wagtail); the molly wash-dish (the pied wagtail).
- n. The mallemuck or fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis. See fulmar.
- n. In India, a gardener or one of the caste of gardeners. Also mallee.
- n. In the printers' game of jelling, a throw of quadrats which exposes only the unnicked sides; hence, any useless work with types in a composing-room.
Wiktionary
- n. A woman or girl, especially of low status.
- n. slang An effeminate male, a male homosexual.
- n. slang A nickname or street name for pure MDMA powder.
- n. A fish of the genus Poecilia.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) Same as mollemoke.
- n. A pet or colloquial name for
Mary .
WordNet 3.0
- n. popular aquarium fish
Etymologies
- From Molly, the personal name, a pet form of Mary. (Wiktionary)
- From New Latin Mollienesia, former genus name, after Comte François Nicolas Mollien (1758-1850), French politician. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Good golly miss molly, is the RNC and the GOP that scared and desperate, I'll be watching ABC for sure.”
“December 7, 2008 2: 19 AM aww im happy molly is back. .yay!!!”
“November 3, 2008 8: 20 AM awww .. molly is so pretty.”
“He must not be what brave boys called a molly-coddle: like most womanly women, she had a veneration for man, and she gave him her own high idea of the manly character.”
“The drugs involved marijuana, ecstasy pills, a powdered form of ecstasy commonly called "molly," and prescription drugs such as Xanax, hydrocodone and Oxycontin, McGee said.”
“Anyway, i have a dog, a 3year old colli lab X called molly, but i have a problem, when im in basic there will be no one to look after her, so iv had to come to the desision that im gunna have to have her rehomed, altho i realy dont want to: s i have no other options, so i come to you for advise, maby someone who is looking for a new dog or kno anyone that is, around the yorkshire area is posible .. cheers”
“Email a copy of 'molly's dry-rubbed ribs' to a friend”
“Email a copy of 'molly's apple tarte tatin' to a friend”
“a stout expanding wall anchor (known as a molly bolt) is a good alternative for securing the grab bar.”
“There was a dash of white and brown, a yell, and Don wheeled around with his head between his forepaws stung by the shot as "molly" fled streaking it over the hill followed only by the dogs.”
The Long Hillside A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia 1908
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘molly’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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cats
caracal, catamount, baudrons, catamountain, bobcat, alleycat, cathood, catlike, cattish, cattishly, cheetah, chetah and 118 more...
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PECH - marine species
African cuttlefish, Alaska plaice, Alaska pollock, Alaska pollack, walleye pollock, alewife, gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, allis shad, American angler, goosefish and 994 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Scrabble People
Names and Persons (including derogatory)allowed by Scrabble
joey, ruth, guine..., joey, ruth, guinea, yid, jones, bob, jake, molly, looie, louie, erica and 13 more...
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pet lover's names
Pet names that lovers have for their lover. Comment if you wish, but there is no need to explain! Note: NOT the names of their pets. Even if their pets are their lovers, and vice versa.
nettie, molly, babes, honey, dear one, sweetheart, bird, birdy, sweetie, sweetie pie, cupcake, dearheart and 14 more...
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What Is the Sound of One Hand Typing?
Words you can type with one hand--if you learned how to type formally. Hunt-and-peck method doesn't count. ;-) I'm keeping it to five or more letters to avoid an excessively lengthy list.
<...racecar, start, create, desert, dessert, secret, secrete, sweet, tresses, poppy, puppy, homonym and 141 more...
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Baby Names
sydnee, scarlett, ava, molly, hanna, emma, anabelle, emerson elizabeth, keelie, madysn, emmett, collin and 7 more...
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