doll
noun
[ dɒl ]
• a small model of a human figure, typically one of a baby or girl, used as a child's toy.
doll
verb
• dress someone smartly and attractively.
• "I got all dolled up for a party"
Similar:
dress up,
dress smartly,
dress attractively,
get up,
do up,
tog up,
dress up to the nines,
put on one's glad rags,
tart up,
Opposite:
dress down,
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.
doll
noun
• a temporary barrier on a racecourse or gallop.
doll
verb
• place a barrier in front of (a jump or other part of the course that is to be omitted from a race).
• "staff incorrectly dolled off a fence at the meeting"
Origin:
1940s: perhaps a variant of archaic dool ‘boundary marker’.
