<B>doll, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a child's toy made to look like a baby, a child, or a grown person. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pretty child, girl, or woman. <BR> <I>Ex. 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).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a very likable person; a darling. <BR> <I>Ex. The distinguished actress, Sylvie, is a dear and a doll in the leading role (Bosley Crowther).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a dandy; fop. <BR> <I>Ex. A sturdy lad ... is worth a hundred of these city dolls (Emerson).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a stimulant, sedative, or tranquilizing drug in pill form; a sleeping pill, pep pill, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. Patty is ... perpetually drunk on booze and zonked by "dolls" (Time).</I> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> (Slang.) to dress (up) in a stylish or showy way. <BR> <I>Ex. She was dolled up for the party.</I> adj. <B>doll-like.</B> </DL>
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<B>dollar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a unit of money in the United States. One hundred cents make one dollar. $1.00 means one dollar. (Abbr:) dol. <DD><B> 2. </B>a similar unit of money equal to 100 cents, used in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and various other countries, such as Bahamas, Belize, Ethiopia, Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Liberia, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, and the British West Indies. <DD><B> 3. </B>any of various units of money used mainly in trade, such as the Hong Kong dollar, the Taiwan dollar or yuan, the Levant dollar, and the Straits dollar. <DD><B> 4. </B>a silver coin or piece of paper money worth one dollar. <DD><B> 5. </B>a gold coin no longer used in the United States. <BR><I>expr. <B>bet one's bottom dollar,</B> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>to bet the last dollar that one possesses. </I> <I>Ex. He bet his bottom dollar at the races and now he is broke.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to be completely sure. <BR> <I>Ex. I'll bet my bottom dollar the train will be late again.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>(it is) dollars to doughnuts,</B> </I>(U.S. Slang.) (it is) a sure thing; a certainty. <BR> <I>Ex. Dollars to doughnuts that Sullivan is right-handed! (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollararea">
<B>dollar area,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of countries in which foreign trade is transacted in currency freely convertible into dollars. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the United Kingdom retains tariffs on imports from the dollar area (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollaraveraging">
<B>dollar averaging,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a system of buying securities in fixed amounts of money at regular intervals. By this system, more securities are bought when prices are low and fewer when prices are high, thus keeping the purchase price below average over a period of time. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarayearman">
<B>dollar-a-year man,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a person serving the federal government at the salary of one dollar a year. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarbird">
<B>dollarbird, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a roller of Africa, India, and Australia that has a round, light-blue spot on its outspread wing. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarbloc">
<B>dollar bloc,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of countries that have adjusted their currencies and foreign exchange in accordance with the value of the U.S. dollar. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarcrisis">
<B>dollar crisis,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the condition resulting when a country reduces its supply of dollars through failure to balance its trade with the United States. </DL>
<A NAME="dollardiplomacy">
<B>dollar diplomacy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> diplomacy associated with lending money to needy countries in order to advance the lending country's commercial interests there. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarfish">
<B>dollarfish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, oval fish abundant along the eastern coast of the United States; butterfish. <DD><B> 2. </B>either of several varieties of moonfish, especially a carangoid fish of the Atlantic with a compressed oblong body and silvery skin. </DL>
<A NAME="dollargap">
<B>dollar gap,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the shortage of dollars (for exchange) in a country suffering from a dollar crisis. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarimperialism">
<B>dollar imperialism,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the extending of control and authority into foreign countries through the buying power of the dollar. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarless">
<B>dollarless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having little or no money; worthless. <BR> <I>Ex. a dollarless adventurer seeking a rich heiress.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollarsale">
<B>dollar sale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a sale at which diverse articles of merchandise are sold for one dollar each. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarsign">
<B>dollar sign</B> or <B>mark,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the symbol meaning dollar or dollars, placed regularly before a number. (Example:) $1 (one dollar); $5 (five dollars). </DL>
<A NAME="dollarspot">
<B>dollar spot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous disease of lawns and golf greens, in which the grass develops brownish discolorations in areas about the size of a silver dollar. </DL>
<A NAME="dollarwise">
<B>dollarwise, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> with respect to dollars. <BR> <I>Ex. the highest sales dollarwise in the company's history.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollhouse">
<B>dollhouse, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toy house for children to use in playing with dolls; playhouse. </DL>
<A NAME="dollish">
<B>dollish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat like a doll; pretty but without much intelligence. adv. <B>dollishly.</B> noun <B>dollishness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="dollop">
<B>dollop, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a portion or serving, large or small. <BR> <I>Ex. cake with a dollop of whipped cream.</I> (SYN) quantity. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to spread on; apply thickly or heavily. <BR> <I>Ex. to dollop butter on bread.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dolly">
<B>dolly, </B>noun, pl. <B>dollies,</B> verb, <B>dollied,</B> <B>dollying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a child's name for a doll. <BR> <I>Ex. The little girl was crying, saying that a dog had taken her rag dolly.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a small low frame on wheels, used to move heavy things. <BR> <I>Ex. The refrigerator was moved into the house on a dolly. He put the baggage on his dolly and wheeled it out to the taxi stand (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a platform on wheels on which a motion-picture or television camera can be moved about. <DD><B> 4. </B>(U.S.) a small locomotive run on narrow-gauge tracks, used in switching, construction jobs, etc. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Mining.) a device for shaking and washing ore in a vessel. <DD><B> 6. </B>(British Dialect.) a wooden pole for stirring or twisting clothes in washing. <DD><B> 7. </B>a bar with a flat or cup-shaped piece set at an angle on one end, used to form or hold the head of a rivet. <DD><B> 8. </B>a block placed on the top of a pile while it is being driven. <DD><B> 9. </B><B>=dolly block.</B> <DD><B> 10. </B>(British Slang.) <B>=dolly bird.</B> <DD><B> 11. </B>(Cricket.) <B>=dolly catch.</B> <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to move on a dolly. <BR> <I>Ex. The camera dollied in for the final scene.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollybag">
<B>dolly bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Informal.) a Dorothy bag. </DL>
<A NAME="dollybird">
<B>dolly bird,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) an attractive or fashionable girl; a doll. </DL>
<A NAME="dollyblock">
<B>dolly block,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a block placed behind sheet metal that is to be shaped with a hammer; dolly. <BR> <I>Ex. Select a dolly block with a face of the same general curvature as the panel (Toboldt and Purvis).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollycatch">
<B>dolly catch,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Cricket.) an easy catch. </DL>
<A NAME="dollyman">
<B>dollyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who pushes or operates the dolly of a motion-picture or television camera. <BR> <I>Ex. It takes a fast dollyman on the camera to keep Douglas MacArthur in focus (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dollyrocker">
<B>dollyrocker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a young girl who is very up-to-date on the latest styles in clothes, music, and other items of interest to young people. <DD><B> 2. </B>a style of clothing worn by such girls. </DL>
<A NAME="dollyvarden">
<B>Dolly Varden,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. </B>a dress printed with a large flower pattern, worn with the skirt gathered up in loops. <DD><B> 2. </B>a large hat with one side bent downward and trimmed with flowers, formerly worn by women. <DD><B> 3. </B>a trout of western North America with red spots on the sides, closely related to the brook trout. <BR> <I>Ex. The native char of the Pacific coastal waters is the Dolly Varden, a fish with a slender body and no wavy markings on the back (Carl L. Hubbs).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dolma">
<B>dolma, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Turkish dish consisting of a vegetable stuffed with rice and meat, and boiled. </DL>
<A NAME="dolmades">
<B>dolmades, </B>noun pl. =dolma.</DL>
<A NAME="dolman">
<B>dolman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mans.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman's coat or cloak with capelike flaps instead of sleeves. <DD><B> 2. </B>a long robe open in front, with narrow sleeves, worn by the Turks. <DD><B> 3. </B>a short jacket in the uniform of the Hungarian hussars, worn loosely on the shoulders like a cape. </DL>
<A NAME="dolmansleeve">
<B>dolman sleeve,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sleeve of a woman's dress or coat, close-fitting at the wrist and often to the elbow, full at the shoulder, and set deep into the garment's bodice. </DL>
<A NAME="dolmen">
<B>dolmen, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a prehistoric monument, generally regarded as a tomb, made by laying a large, flat stone across several upright stones. </DL>
<A NAME="dolomite">
<B>dolomite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a rock consisting mainly of calcium and magnesium carbonate. Much white marble is dolomite. <BR> <I>Ex. Dolomite is a granular ... limestone (David Page).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the mineral, calcium and magnesium carbonate composing this rock. </DL>
<A NAME="dolomitic">
<B>dolomitic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> consisting of or containing dolomite. <BR> <I>Ex. dolomitic limestone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="dolomitize">
<B>dolomitize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to convert into dolomite. noun <B>dolomitization.</B> </DL>
