Meaning of Molly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman or girl, especially of low status.
   Ireland, countable, uncountable
2. A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret.
3. A fish of the genus Poecilia, except for those known as guppies.
4. Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA.
   Canada, US, alt-of, slang, uncountable
5. Alternative spelling of mali (“a member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener”).
   India, South-Asia, alt-of, alternative
6. A Molotov cocktail.
   slang
7. An effeminate male, a male homosexual.
   countable, slang, uncountable
8. A female given name from Hebrew.
9. A Molly Maguire.
   countable, historical, uncountable
10. Pure MDMA powder.
    slang, uncountable
11. A mollemoke.
    countable, uncountable
12. A female cat, a she-cat (usually spayed)
    countable, uncountable
13. A bird, the wagtail.
    countable, uncountable
14. A molly bolt.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“So la-da-di-da-di, we like to party / Dancing with Molly / Doing whatever we want”

“Well…you want to do these together then? Pure Molly…”

“Was pissed now. But also hyper-lit, euphoric almost, given the adrenaline plus molly.”

“So the petrels called to the mollys: but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and pecking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice.”

“Brimstone, Viper, and Phoenix's mollies were adjusted during a closed beta patch, changing the damage tick speed so players couldn't avoid damage by bunny hopping. Killjoy's Nanoswarm will likely follow suit.”

“"My name's Molly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likes Molly." "That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear." "Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley. "I think it was," said Molly, lowering her voice, and dropping her eyes, "because mamma was Mary, and I was called Molly when she lived."”

“But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.”

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