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doll

noun

  1. model of a human being, often used as a toy for children
L16669 on Wikidata ↗

verb

  1. make pretty
  2. dress
L16671 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dɒl/ / /dɑl/ / [dɒːɫ]

name

Etymology: * As a south German surname, from toll (“mad, foolish”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Thiel. * As an English surname, from the adjective dull, cognate with the first German derivation. Also compare Dill.

  1. A township and rural village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC8803).
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

    “O! run, Doll, run; run, good Doll.”

  3. A surname.

noun

  1. Obsolete form of dal.

verb

Etymology: Possibly same as dull (whence Middle English doll).

  1. To warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull.