doll

Definition

  • noun: a child's toy in the form of a baby or small person
  • noun: a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
  • usually singular

Examples

  • She 'dolled herself up' for the party. = She 'got (all) dolled up' for the party.

  • The child was busy playing with her (baby) 'dolls'.

  • Thanks for the help. You're a 'doll'. [='dear']

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No, no, no. - Okay. He works in a nostalgia shop. - What's a-- What's a nostalgia shop? - Oh, not one of those stores where they sell Shirley Temple dolls and old radios? - And I never know who buys that stuff. Who'd want it? - Exactly. - I don't know. - Well, people who live in the past, (..)
    2011 Midnight in Paris