doll
IPA: dˈɑɫ
noun
- A toy in the form of a human.
- (slang) An attractive young woman.
- (US, Australia) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
- (US, dated) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
- The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- A kind of barrier used in horse racing.
- (rail transport) A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
- (slang) A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
- (US, obsolete) A dollar.
- A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland.
- A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
- A surname.
- Obsolete form of dal. [Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.]
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Examples of "doll" in Sentences
- Your doll is amazing with all the beads you've used.
- Not attractive, neither he nor the doll is attractive
- The Bella doll is the only doll I have ever seen that is prettier than the actual person.
- She undressed the not-so-jolly green giant only to discover that the doll is anatomically correct.
- I adore the paper doll one... *wonders if Little Owl would allow me to draw him as a paper owl doll*
- 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.”
- 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."
- 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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