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dolling

dolling is the present participle and gerund of doll.

Meaning of doll

Verb (1)

doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. Synonym of doll up.
    Synonyms:
    doll up

Verb (2)

doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. (UK, transitive) To place a barrier in front of (a section of the course that is to be omitted from a horse race).

Verb (3)

doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To warm moderately; to make tepid; to mull.

See all 18 meanings of doll

Phrases with dolling

Questions about dolling

What is dolling the present participle and gerund of?
Dolling is the present participle and gerund of doll.

Words near dolling in the dictionary

  1. dollifications
  2. dollified
  3. Dollimore
  4. Dollin
  5. dolliness
  6. dolling
  7. dolling up
  8. Dollinger
  9. Dollingers
  10. Dollis Hill
  11. dollish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dolling (page history and authors); doll (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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