Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A figure having the likeness of a human, especially one used as a child's toy.
- noun A person considered to be physically attractive.
- noun A woman.
- noun A helpful or obliging person.
- noun Used as a term of endearment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sweetheart; a mistress; a paramour; a doxy. Also
dolly . - noun A puppet representing a child, usually a little girl (but also sometimes a boy or a man, as a soldier, etc.), used as a toy by children, especially by girls.
- noun Dung, especially of pigeons.
- noun A large cake of sawdust mixed with dung, used for fuel.
- noun A large lump.
- noun A simple contrivance on a Jacquard loom which indicates to the weaver that something is wrong with the action of the pattern-card cylinder. Also called
detector and blockhead-board.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a small, usually flexible figure representing a human being, especially a toy baby for a little girl; a child's puppet.
- noun slang an attractive woman or girl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
toy in the form of a human. - noun informal Used to refer to or address a woman.
- noun Australia A term of endearment (ie.
darling ). - verb intransitive To cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also
doll up .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small replica of a person; used as a toy
- noun informal terms for a (young) woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I adore the paper doll one... *wonders if Little Owl would allow me to draw him as a paper owl doll*
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Attention is called to the difficulty of drawing the line between a doll and an idol among primitive peoples, the connection of dolls with religion, psychological evidence of which lingers with us to-day in the persistent folk-etymology which connects _doll_ with _idol_.
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Several boys began to sing along in a mocking tone, dragging out the word doll until it became two syllables: “William wants a do-oll, William wants a do-oll.”
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Several boys began to sing along in a mocking tone, dragging out the word doll until it became two syllables: “William wants a do-oll, William wants a do-oll.”
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Several boys began to sing along in a mocking tone, dragging out the word doll until it became two syllables: “William wants a do-oll, William wants a do-oll.”
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Not attractive, neither he nor the doll is attractive
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The name kouklitas comes from the Greek word for doll, koukla —which can also be used in the sense of "pretty girl" or "girlfriend," much like the English word "doll."
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The Bella doll is the only doll I have ever seen that is prettier than the actual person.
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Your doll is amazing with all the beads you've used.
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She undressed the not-so-jolly green giant only to discover that the doll is anatomically correct.
qroqqa commented on the word doll
What we need is a historical reverse dictionary of meanings. 'Doll' was only used in the modern sense from about 1700 (and was cant at first); 'poppet' was used in this sense from about the fifteenth century; so what did English children play with before?
August 22, 2008