Meaning of doll | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A temporary barrier used in horse racing.
2. Synonym of dollar.
   US, obsolete
3. A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC8803).
4. A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
5. Slang. A person regarded as physically attractive:beauty, belle (used of a woman), lovely, stunner.
6. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
7. An attractive young woman.
   slang
8. Slang. To dress in formal or special clothing:array, attire, deck (out), dress up, prank.
9. A surname.
10. A transgender woman or transfeminine person, especially one that has a highly sexual and feminine personal style.
    slang
11. a toy in the shape of a small human being. a china doll. pop دُمْيَه، لُعْبَه кукла boneca panenka die Puppe dukke κούκλαmuñeca nukk عروسک nukke poupéeבבה गुड़िया lutka (játék)baba boneka brúða, dúkka bambola 人形 인형 lėlė lelle anak patung popdokke, figurlalka نانزكه، ناوكۍ، ګوډۍ: (اصطلاح) غوړه او شكلې ښځه boneca păpuşă кукла bábika lutka lutka docka ตุ๊กตา oyuncak bebek 玩具娃娃 лялька انسانی شبیہہ کا گڈا یا گڑیا خصوصا بچوں کے کھیلنے کے لۓ búp bê 玩具娃娃
12. A transgender woman or transfeminine person, in general.
    slang
13. A figure having the likeness of a human, especially one used as a child's toy.
14. A term of endearment
    Australia, Scotland, US, dated
15. Slang a. A person considered to be physically attractive.
    Slang
16. A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
    US
17. To dress oneself smartly and often ostentatiously, especially for a special occasion.
18. The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
19. To add embellishing details to in order to make much more attractive.
20. A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
21. a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy
22. A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
    slang
23. slang a pretty girl or woman of little intelligence: sometimes used as a term of address
    slang
24. a small figure representing a baby or other human being, used esp. as a child's toy.

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Examples

“Some fine day we may have the country raised, and the gendarmes down upon us from Strasburg, and all owing to your pretty doll, with her cunning ways of coming over you.”

“Heading home from a party, two hipsters, completely stoned, pause to snuggle on a park bench. A fire engine roars by, bells clanging, sirens screaming. The boy flips. “Solid, doll,” he murmurs, “they’re playing our song!””

“"They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked.”

“Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?”

“Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!”

“The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other.”

“Each night she looked at the bottle of Seconals with affection. She never could do this without the dolls. She would have spent sleepless nights, smoking, worrying—and she would have lost her nerve.”

“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,” […]”

“O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.”

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