molly

Noun (1)

molly (countable and uncountable, plural mollies)

1. (Ireland) A woman or girl, especially of low status or prostitute.

   Synonyms:

   moll

2. (slang) a male homosexual, especially an effeminate one.
3. (slang, uncountable) Pure MDMA powder.
   • So la-da-di-da-di, we like to party / Dancing with Molly / Doing whatever we want2013, “We Can't Stop”, in Bangerz, performed by Miley Cyrus
   • Well…you want to do these together then? Pure Molly…2015 June 24, Sam Esmail, “eps1.0_hellofriend.mov”, in Mr. Robot, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Shayla

   Synonyms:

   mandy

4. A mollemoke.
   • So the petrels called to the mollys: but they were so busy and greedy, gobbling and pecking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber, that they did not take the least notice.1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
5. A female cat, a she-cat (usually spayed)
6. A bird, the wagtail.
7. A molly bolt.

Verb

molly (third-person singular simple present mollies, present participle mollying, simple past and past participle mollied)

1. To engage in (male) homosexual activity with.
   • I said, "I never mollied you." My Lord, I never laid Hands upon him, nor touch'd him.1998, Netta Murray Goldsmith, The Worst of Crimes, page 79
   • On one occasion, Partridge was nearly mobbed in a molly-house when some men called him a 'treacherous, blowing-up, mollying bitch, and swore they'd massacre anybody that should betray them.'2007, Matt Cook, A Gay History of Britain

Noun (2)

molly (plural mollies)

1. A fish of the genus Poecilia, excluding Endler's livebearers and guppies.

Noun (3)

molly (plural mollies)

1. (slang) A Molotov cocktail.
   • Brimstone, Viper, and Phoenix's mollies were adjusted during a closed beta patch, changing the damage tick speed so players couldn't avoid damage by bunny hopping. Killjoy's Nanoswarm will likely follow suit.2020 August 5, Andreas Stavropoulos, “Hiko on Killjoy's Nanoswarm: "I think they do a lot of damage too fast and I think it's hard to even tell you're in a molly sometimes"”, in Dot Esports, archived...

Proper noun capitalized: Molly

UK/ˈmɒ.li/US/ˈmɑ.li/

Molly

1. A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret.
   • "My name's Molly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likes Molly."
     "That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear."
     "Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley.
     "I think it was," said Molly, lowering her...1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 6, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published...
   • But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, in Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories
2. A female given name from Hebrew.

Noun (4) capitalized: Molly

UK/ˈmɒ.li/US/ˈmɑ.li/

Molly (countable and uncountable, plural Mollies)

1. (Canada, US, slang, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA.
2. (historical) A Molly Maguire.