doll

[ dol ]

/ dɒl /

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noun

a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.

Slang.

a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman.
a girl or woman, especially one who is considered attractive.
a boy or man who is considered attractive.
(sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).

Informal. a generous or helpful person: You're a doll for lending me your car.

Verb Phrases

doll up, Informal. to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner: She got all dolled up for a trip to the opera.

Nearby words

dolichoprosopic, dolichosaurus, dolin, doline, dolium, doll, doll up, doll's eye sign, doll's house, a, dollar, dollar area

Origin of doll

First recorded in 1550–60; generic use of Doll

Related forms

doll·ish, doll-like, adjectivedoll·ish·ly, adverbdoll·ish·ness, noun

Definition for doll (2 of 2)

Doll

[ dol ]

/ dɒl /

noun

a female given name, form of Dorothy.

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Examples from the Web for doll

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The auction house reached out to the Levine estate to procur the doll.
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Julia is intelligent, attractive, professionally successful and does not own a doll.
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He had, according to the museum, challenged the doll to do its worst before leaving.
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We have lived next door to each other ever since our doll days.
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Mrs Leslie was downstairs, he therefore hoped that he might be able to creep in and search for the doll without being discovered.
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I then looked at the doll carefully, and it was certainly something out of the common.
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The heavy man unconsciously shook him in his powerful grasp, as a child might shake a doll.
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Lily was not heavy like Sue, the doll about which I told you before, the one the lady once thought was her baby in the car.
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British Dictionary definitions for doll

doll

/ (dɒl) /

noun

a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy

slang a pretty girl or woman of little intelligence: sometimes used as a term of address

Derived Forms

dollish, adjectivedollishly, adverbdollishness, noun

Word Origin for doll

C16: probably from Doll, pet name for Dorothy

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