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   doll

   /dɒl/

   noun

   • 1. a small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy. Similar puppetmarionettefigurefigurinemodeltoyplaythinginformal:dolly
   • ▪ an attractive young woman. Similar beautybeautiful womanattractive womanbellevisionVenusgoddessbeauty queenEnglish rosepictureinformal:lookergood lookerstunnerlovelyknockoutbombshelldishcrackersmasherpeacheyefulsight for sore eyesbit of all right
   • ▪ a generous or considerate person: "would you be a doll and set the table?"

   verb

   • 1. dress someone smartly and attractively: informal "I got all dolled up for a party"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (denoting a mistress): pet form of the given name Dorothy. The sense ‘small model of a human figure’ dates from the late 17th century.

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   What is a doll slang?

   • a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy. cartoon character dolls. Slang. a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman. a girl or woman, especially one who is considered attractive. a boy or man who is considered attractive.

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   What does a doll mean?

   • Other dolls are much smaller and represent people of varying ages, like a family of dolls that are played with in a doll house, sitting at little tables and sleeping in tiny beds. The word doll is also an old-fashioned, slightly offensive term for a woman, especially one who's young and pretty.

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   What does a doll look like?

   • A doll is a toy that looks like a small person, often a baby. When kids play with dolls, they might dress them up, push them in toy strollers, and have pretend tea parties with them. Some dolls are the size of real babies and are played with in a way that's a kind of practice parenting — like pretending to feed and bathe a doll.

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   Why does a child doll have a name 'Doll'?

   • She’s a doll, she’s a love, she really is. The race of the doll family, and the gender of the child dolls, were matched to the race and gender of each participant. This effect is supposed to arise because the distractor "doll" activates the already-activated picture translation's name ("dog").

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   A doll is a child's toy in the shape of a small person or baby. Learn how to use the word doll in different contexts, such as describing someone attractive or pleasant, and see examples from literature and corpora.

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   A doll is a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything, or a pretty but often empty-headed young woman. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and phrases of doll from Merriam-Webster.

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   Doll. A doll is a model typically of a human or humanoid character, often used as a toy for children. Dolls have also been used in traditional religious rituals throughout the world. Traditional dolls made of materials such as clay and wood are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.

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   Doll definition: a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.. See examples of DOLL used in a sentence.

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   A doll is a child's toy in the shape of a small person or baby. Learn how to use the word doll in different contexts, see examples from literature and find translations in other languages.

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   A doll is a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy, or a term of endearment or slang for a person. Learn the origin, synonyms, translations and examples of doll from various sources.

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   doll: 1 n a small replica of a person; used as a toy Synonyms: dolly Types: show 8 types... hide 8 types... golliwog , golliwogg a grotesque black doll kachina a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift paper doll a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being puppet ...