Definition of doll
1 : a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2a (1) : a pretty but often empty-headed young woman (2) : womanb : darling, sweetheartc : an attractive person
dollishly
adverbdollishness
nounFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of doll in a Sentence
My aunt collects porcelain dolls.
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
Recent Examples of doll from the Web
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The last time someone was convicted of blasphemy in Denmark was 71 years ago when a man dressed up as a priest and mock-baptized a doll at a masquerade.
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The room is stocked with dolls, board games, coloring sheets and computers on knee-high desks.
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His Royals mural features one of his big cartoon bunnies carrying a baseball bat and a Sluggerrr doll.
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Both of us told him about Trump’s affinity for the alpha male, grab-and-pull power pump that always seemed to reduce the other person to a rag doll.
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The doll was quickly removed, but several students and staff members saw it, and a photo started circulating on social media.
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The doll uses Bluetooth technology to connect to a device with no PIN or password required.
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Video provided by the East Bay Times shows that just seconds after plummeting down the Emerald Plunge, the boy's body hit the pavement like a rag doll -- just barely missing his head -- avoiding what could have been a tragic event.
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For a team that struggled to score runs until late April, somebody either sprinkled magic dust on LSU's bats or every Tiger has a Jobu doll in their locker.
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Origin and Etymology of doll
probably from Doll, nickname for Dorothy
DOLL Defined for English Language Learners
doll
playDefinition of doll for English Language Learners
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: a child's toy in the form of a baby or small person
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: a kind and helpful person
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: a woman; especially : an attractive woman
DOLL Defined for Kids
doll
playDefinition of doll for Students
1 : a child's toy in the form of a baby or small person
2 : a kind or loveable person
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