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doll
English
Etymology
From Doll, a popular pet form of Dorothy. The dollar sense is a shortening of the word.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?l/, /d?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
doll (plural dolls)
- A toy in the form of a human.
- Hyponym: action figure
- (slang, sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman
- (US, Australia) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
- (US, obsolete) A dollar.
- (US, dated, now possibly offensive) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful girl.
- 2017, Chunk in "Skate-lebrity", The ZhuZhus
- Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!
- 2017, Chunk in "Skate-lebrity", The ZhuZhus
- The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
- A kind of barrier used in horse racing.
- 1885, William Day, The Racehorse in Training (page 87)
- On a beautiful spring morning, after the “dolls and chains” had been removed to allow the horses room to pass through, in galloping “across the flat,” […]
- 1885, William Day, The Racehorse in Training (page 87)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- golliwog
- puppet
- teddy, teddy bear
- doll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- LOL'd, LOLd, lol'd, lold
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin d?lium.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?do?/
Noun
doll m (plural dolls)
- stream, jet
- pitcher, vase
Derived terms
- endoll
German
Etymology
Occasionally found in older texts, but chiefly introduced to standard German during the 20th century from Central German and German Low German dialects, from northern Middle High German dol and Middle Low German dol. Doublet of toll (“great; crazy”), which compare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?l/
Adjective
doll (comparative doller, superlative am dollsten)
- (informal) firm, hard, forceful, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
- (colloquial, chiefly in negation or sarcastically) good, great, satisfactory
- (colloquial, with Ding) extraordinary, remarkable
Usage notes
- The word is readily attestable in written representations of spoken and informal German. The sense “firm, hard” is now also found occasionally in more standard prose, chiefly as an adverb (see below).
Declension
Adverb
doll
- (informal) firmly, hard, forcefully, vehemently, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
Further reading
- “doll” in Duden online
Plautdietsch
Adjective
doll
- mad, angry, furious
- rabid
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woll
English
Etymology
From Middle English wollen, a variant of Middle English wullen, willen, from Old English wyllan, willan. More at will.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?l/
Verb
woll
- Obsolete form of will.
- Chaucer
- I love no man in no gise, / That woll me reprove or chastise.
- Chaucer
References
- woll in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?l/
Adverb
woll
- (regional, colloquial, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of wohl.
Derived terms
- jawoll
Interjection
woll
- (regional, Sauerland, occasionally elsewhere in NRW) right?, isn't it?
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
woll
- Alternative form of wolle
Etymology 2
Verb
woll
- first-person singular present indicative of wollen
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