DictionarydollToy figure
noun

doll

DAHL/dɑːl/

A toy shaped like a small person.

The cloth doll has yarn hair and a simple dress.

A handmade cloth doll with realistic stitched face, yarn hair and simple dress, still life.
Etymology

Dorothy’s familiar form became an affectionate name for a woman before it was applied to a child’s toy baby. The toy sense thus grew from a name used for people.

In context

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it's kind of sometimes it has arms and legs it kind of looks like a somebody buried a little guy right little doll
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More examples

  • She puts her doll to bed in a tiny crib.
  • My uncle collects antique dolls.
  • We made a doll from scraps of fabric.

Forms

doll · dolls

dollhouse noun — A miniature house made for toy dolls.

Similar words

figurine
A small decorative figure, usually displayed rather than played with.
puppet
A figure moved by hands or strings to perform.