lolly
/ˈlɒl.i/
lolly noun: a piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
Noun (1)
lolly (countable and uncountable, plural lollies)
- A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
- Trim the lolly sticks, so that you have a stem of about 3–4cm to stick into the cake, and then plunge the sticks of the foreshortened lollies into the cake so that the ghoulish faces leer out from their black-frosted graveyard.2004, Nigella Lawson, Feast: Food that Celebrates Life, unnumbered page
- An ice lolly; a popsicle.
- Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.
- Leaving the Domain, I walked back to the hotel, noticing the queer signs by the way. One was “Lollies for Sale.” It was over the door of a confectioner′s store where all sorts of candies were displayed.1924, Frank George Carpenter, Australia, New Zealand and Some Islands of the South Seas, page 36
- Organise the students into small groups. Send a letter home to the parents stating that the science lesson will involve students eating a small amount of lollies. Check which students are allowed to eat lollies. Students with diabetes will only be able to observe or they could bring their own...2002, R.I.C. Publications, Primary Science, page 52
- Synonyms:
- bonbon, candy, confection, sweet
- An easy catch.
- Money.
- A lump.
Noun (2)
lolly (plural lollies)
- The head (or, by extension, the tongue).
- The dancing party was knock’d up, and were lobbing their lollys, half asleep and half awake, on the table, bowing as it were to the magnanimous influence of Old Tom.1821, An Amateur, Real Life in London
- A child. Alternative form of lully (“child”).
- With you in bed, and a sick lolly lying along-side we can make no end of hauls [...] It isn’t going to hurt the child in the end.1891, Albert Day, The Mysterious Beggar
- A fool.
- Something simple to do or understand.
Noun (3)
lolly (uncountable)
- Snow or fine ice floating on water.
- The water was covered with what they term "lolly," of "slob" — i. e., very small pieces of ice and snow mixed together, making the surface the consistency of pea soup.1867 November 25, “Winter mail service across the Straits of Northumberland from Prince Edward Island to the mainland of New Brunswick”, in The American Stamp Mercury, volume 1, number 2, page 9
- Accidents of course happen from time to time, and men often go through the ‘lolly’ or miss their footing and come in for a cold bath, which, considering their filthy condition, may not be altogether an unmitigated evil1889 April, M.M., “On seals and savages”, in The Nineteenth Century, volume 25, number 146, pages 520–21
Adjective
Proper noun capitalized: Lolly
Lolly
- A diminutive of the female given names Laura and Louise.
- Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid;[…].1982, Dorothea Straus, Under the Canopy, page 50
- He could see it all, with that certificate before him reading “Alice Louise Cameron” — Lolly.1991, Gene Stratton-Porter, The Keeper of the Bees, page 481
Examples of lolly in a sentence
- When you kids form a straight line I'll hand out the lollies.
- I prefer lime ice lollies to lemon ones.
- I prefer strawberry lolly ices to lemon ones.
Synonyms of lolly
Forms of lolly
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lollies |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | lollier |
| superlative | lolliest |
Origin of lolly
A clipping of lollypop.
From loll + -y.
Shortened from loblolly (“gruel”).
Words formed from lolly
- cough lolly
- ice lolly
- lolly cake
- lolly ice
- lolly legs
- lolly scramble
- lolly up
- lolly water
- throat lolly eucalyptus lolly
- trough lolly
Phrases with lolly
Words that rhyme with lolly
Questions about lolly
- What does lolly mean?
- Lolly means a piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.
- What part of speech is lolly?
- Lolly can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce lolly?
- Lolly is pronounced /ˈlɒl.i/.
- What is the plural of lolly?
- The plural of lolly is lollies.
Words near lolly in the dictionary
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