name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
molly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒ.li/
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General-American: /ˈmɑ.li/
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rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɒli
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rhymes with (General American) -ɑːli
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒli/
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General-American: /ˈmɑli/
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rhymes with -ɒli
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homophone: mollie
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homophone: Mollie
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homophone: Molly
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CMU ARPABET: M AA1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Hebrew.
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noun
Meaning 3
A woman or girl, especially of low status or prostitute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: moll
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
Pure MDMA powder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, uncountable
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Synonyms: mandy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A mollemoke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A female cat, a she-cat (usually spayed)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A bird, the wagtail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
A molly bolt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
A fish of the genus Poecilia, excluding Endler's livebearers and guppies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 11
Alternative spelling of mali (“a member of a caste in South Asia whose traditional occupation is gardening; hence, any South Asian gardener”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, South-Asia, alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 12
A Molotov cocktail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: video-games
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noun
Meaning 13
Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, alt-of, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
A Molly Maguire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 15
To engage in (male) homosexual activity with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 16
popular aquarium fish
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mollie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid, live-bearer
History
Etymology
From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y.
From Molly, the personal name, a pet form of Mary. In some cases it is possibly derived from mollitia (“softness, weakness”). Drug sense probably influenced by the initial of MDMA.
From Mollienesia, an invalid taxonomic name for the genus, influenced by the personal name Molly.
Clipping of Molotov.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: molli — fish
- Spanish: chimbolo — fish
- Swedish: molly — fish
- Swedish: lyrmolly — fish
Real reading context