doll´-like´

doll «dol», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a child's toy made to look like a baby, a child, or a grown person.

2. a pretty child, girl, or woman: »

If the Russians or the Greeks lacked a word for her, one American did not. “There,” a new admirer…said last week, “goes a doll” (Time).

3. a very likable person; a darling: »

The distinguished actress, Sylvie, is a dear and a doll in the leading role (Bosley Crowther).

4. a dandy; fop: »

A sturdy lad…is worth a hundred of these city dolls (Emerson).

5. U.S. Slang. a stimulant, sedative, or tranquilizing drug in pill form; a sleeping pill, pep pill, or the like: »

Patty is…perpetually drunk on booze and zonked by “dolls” (Time).

–v.t., v.i.

Slang. to dress (up) in a stylish or showy way: »

She was dolled up for the party.

╂[< Doll, nickname for Dorothy]

–doll´-like´, adjective.