doll up
noun
Verb phrases 1.
a small figure representing a baby or other human being, especially for use as a child's toy.
2.
Slang.
a.
a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman.
b.
a girl or woman, especially one who is considered attractive.
c.
a boy or man who is considered attractive.
d.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
3.
Informal. a generous or helpful person: You're a doll for lending me your car.
4.
doll up, Informal. to dress in an elegant or ostentatiously stylish manner: She got all dolled up for a trip to the opera.
Related forms
doll·ish, doll-like, adjective
doll·ish·ly, adverb
doll·ish·ness, noun
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World English Dictionary
doll (dɒl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a small model or dummy of a human being, used as a toy |
| 2. | slang a pretty girl or woman of little intelligence: sometimes used as a term of address |
| [C16: probably from Doll, pet name for Dorothy] | |
| 'dollish | |
| —adj | |
| 'dollishly | |
| —adv | |
| 'dollishness | |
| —n | |
| doll up | |
| —vb | |
| slang (tr, adverb) to adorn or dress (oneself or another, esp a child) in a stylish or showy manner | |
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Word Origin & History
doll
1560, endearing name for a female pet or a mistress; originally a familiar form of fem. proper name Dorothy (q.v.). The -l- for -r- substitution in nicknames is common in Eng.: cf. Hal for Harold, Moll for Mary, Sally for Sarah, etc. Attested from 1648 as colloquial for
"slattern;" sense of "child's toy baby" is c.1700. Transferred back to living beings 1778 in sense of "pretty, silly woman" dolled up is Amer.Eng. 1906. Doll's house first recorded 1783.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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