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doll definition
Overview
This page has 16 definitions of doll with English translations in 4 languages. Doll is a noun, an adjective and adverb. Examples of how to use doll in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
See also: Doll
English doll definition
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɑl/, /dɔl/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒl
Etymology 1
From Doll, a popular pet form of Dorothy.
Noun
doll (plural dolls)
- A toy in the form of a human.
- Hyponym: action figure
- (slang, sometimes offensive) An attractive young woman.
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman
- 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.
- 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman
- (US, Australia) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
- 2008, Stephen King, Willa:
- "They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked.
- (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)
- (rail transport) A short signal post mounted on a bracket mounted on the main signal post, or on a signal gantry.
- 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: Peculiar Distant Signals on L.N.E.R”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
- The signals are on a three-doll bracket post; one doll carries two [signal] arms, one above the other.
Translations
a toy in the form of a human
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Derived terms
- baby doll
- bisque doll
- blow-up doll
- dollhouse, doll's house
- doll's pram
- doll up
- dolly
- love doll
- porcelain doll
- rag doll
- Russian doll
- sex doll
See also
Etymology 2
A shortening of dollar.
Noun
doll (plural dolls)
Anagrams
Catalan doll definition
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
doll m (plural dolls)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “doll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German doll definition
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, from Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz. Doublet of toll (“great; crazy”), which compare.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doll (strong nominative masculine singular doller, comparative doller, superlative am dollsten)
- (informal) firm, hard, forceful, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
- Der Schlag war nicht doll, aber er hat mich genau auf die Nase getroffen. ― The blow wasn't hard, but it hit me right in the nose.
- (colloquial, chiefly in negation or sarcastically) good, great, satisfactory
- Ich geb ja zu, dass es keine dolle Idee war. ― Well, I do admit it wasn't a very good idea.
- (colloquial, with Ding) extraordinary, remarkable
- Na, das is’ ja ’n dolles Ding! ― Now, that is some news!
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
Positive forms of doll
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist doll | sie ist doll | es ist doll | sie sind doll | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | doller | dolle | dolles | dolle |
| genitive | dollen | doller | dollen | doller | |
| dative | dollem | doller | dollem | dollen | |
| accusative | dollen | dolle | dolles | dolle | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dolle | die dolle | das dolle | die dollen |
| genitive | des dollen | der dollen | des dollen | der dollen | |
| dative | dem dollen | der dollen | dem dollen | den dollen | |
| accusative | den dollen | die dolle | das dolle | die dollen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein doller | eine dolle | ein dolles | (keine) dollen |
| genitive | eines dollen | einer dollen | eines dollen | (keiner) dollen | |
| dative | einem dollen | einer dollen | einem dollen | (keinen) dollen | |
| accusative | einen dollen | eine dolle | ein dolles | (keine) dollen | |
Comparative forms of doll
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist doller | sie ist doller | es ist doller | sie sind doller | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dollerer | dollere | dolleres | dollere |
| genitive | dolleren | dollerer | dolleren | dollerer | |
| dative | dollerem | dollerer | dollerem | dolleren | |
| accusative | dolleren | dollere | dolleres | dollere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dollere | die dollere | das dollere | die dolleren |
| genitive | des dolleren | der dolleren | des dolleren | der dolleren | |
| dative | dem dolleren | der dolleren | dem dolleren | den dolleren | |
| accusative | den dolleren | die dollere | das dollere | die dolleren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dollerer | eine dollere | ein dolleres | (keine) dolleren |
| genitive | eines dolleren | einer dolleren | eines dolleren | (keiner) dolleren | |
| dative | einem dolleren | einer dolleren | einem dolleren | (keinen) dolleren | |
| accusative | einen dolleren | eine dollere | ein dolleres | (keine) dolleren | |
Superlative forms of doll
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am dollsten | sie ist am dollsten | es ist am dollsten | sie sind am dollsten | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | dollster | dollste | dollstes | dollste |
| genitive | dollsten | dollster | dollsten | dollster | |
| dative | dollstem | dollster | dollstem | dollsten | |
| accusative | dollsten | dollste | dollstes | dollste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der dollste | die dollste | das dollste | die dollsten |
| genitive | des dollsten | der dollsten | des dollsten | der dollsten | |
| dative | dem dollsten | der dollsten | dem dollsten | den dollsten | |
| accusative | den dollsten | die dollste | das dollste | die dollsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein dollster | eine dollste | ein dollstes | (keine) dollsten |
| genitive | eines dollsten | einer dollsten | eines dollsten | (keiner) dollsten | |
| dative | einem dollsten | einer dollsten | einem dollsten | (keinen) dollsten | |
| accusative | einen dollsten | eine dollste | ein dollstes | (keine) dollsten | |
Adverb
doll
- (informal) firmly, hard, forcefully, vehemently, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
- 1995, “Meh' Bier”, in Auf einem Auge blöd, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Wir feiern laut und doll bis alle auf den Tischen springen / Und am Höhepunkt der Party fangen wir laut an zu singen.
- We party hard and loudly until everyone climbs the tables / And in the party's climax we start singing loudly.
- Du musst doller drücken, sonst geht es nicht. ― You need to push harder, otherwise it won't work.
Further reading
Plautdietsch doll definition
Etymology
From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz.
Adjective
doll