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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Doll, pet form of the given name Dorothy.[1]

The drug sense was coined and popularized by coined by American writer Jacqueline Susann in 1966 through her book Valley of the Dolls (1966) or the film Valley of the Dolls (1967).[2]

Noun

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doll (plural dolls or (Internet slang) dollz)

  1. A small figure resembling a human being that is used as a toy.
    Hyponym: action figure
  2. (slang) 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.
  3. (US, Australia, slightly dated, Scotland) A term of endearment: darling, sweetheart.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Willa:
      "They didn't sell cigarettes where you were, doll?" Palmer asked.
  4. (US, slightly dated) A good-natured, cooperative or helpful person.
    Won't you be a doll and fetch me a glass of water?
    • 2017, Chunk in "Skate-lebrity", The ZhuZhus
      Ow! These things are defective. Pipsqueak, be a doll, I need a new pair, pronto!
  5. The smallest or pet pig in a litter.
  6. (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.
  7. (slang) A barbiturate or amphetamine pill.
    • 1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, page 227:
      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.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Kashubian: dolka (Canada, United States, New Zealand)
Translations
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Verb

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doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. Synonym of doll up(clarification of this definition is needed)

See also

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Etymology 2

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Probably variant of archaic dool (“boundary marker”).[3]

Noun

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doll (plural dolls)

  1. A temporary 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,” […]

Verb

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doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. (UK, transitive) To place a barrier in front of (a section of the course that is to be omitted from a horse race).
    • 2023 November 24, “Sean Quinlan: I get the frustration at fences being dolled off because of low sun - but trust jockeys when we say it's not safe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]:

Etymology 3

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A shortening of dollar.

Noun

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doll (plural dolls)

  1. (US, obsolete) A dollar.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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doll (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of dal.

Etymology 5

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Possibly same as dull (from which Middle English doll occurs).

Verb

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doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull. [ca. 1440]

References

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  1. ^ “doll1”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “doll n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
  3. ^ “doll2”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dōlium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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doll m (plural dolls)

  1. stream, jet
  2. pitcher, vase

Derived terms

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Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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doll (strong nominative masculine singular doller, comparative doller, superlative am dollsten)

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (colloquial, with Ding) extraordinary, remarkable
    Na, das is’ ja ’n dolles Ding! ― Now, that is some news!

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Positive forms of doll
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
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
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
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
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Adverb

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doll

  1. (informal) firmly, hard, forcefully, vehemently, strong (of actions, also of emotions)
    Du musst doller drücken, sonst geht es nicht. ― You need to push harder, otherwise it won't work.
    • 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.

Further reading

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  • “doll” in Duden online
  • “doll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German and Old Saxon dol, from Proto-Germanic *dulaz.

Adjective

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doll

  1. mad, angry, furious
  2. rabid
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