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lolly¹

  • /ˈlɒl.i/
  • /ˈlɔl.i/

Sounds like loli · Rhymes with -ɒli

Where it comes from

A clipping of lollypop.

noun lollies

  1. countable, uncountable 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.
  2. Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable An ice lolly; a popsicle.
  3. Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable 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.
  4. countable, uncountable An easy catch.
  5. Australia, Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable Money.
  6. archaic, countable, uncountable A lump.

lolly²

  • /ˈlɒl.i/
  • /ˈlɔl.i/

Sounds like loli · Rhymes with -ɒli

Where it comes from

From loll + -y.

noun lollies

  1. archaic, slang 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.
  2. archaic, obsolete 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.
  3. archaic, dated A fool.
  4. archaic, dated Something simple to do or understand.

lolly³

  • /ˈlɒl.i/
  • /ˈlɔl.i/

Sounds like loli · Rhymes with -ɒli

Where it comes from

Shortened from loblolly (“gruel”).

noun

  1. Canada, 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.

lolly⁴

  • /ˈlɒl.i/
  • /ˈlɔl.i/

Sounds like loli · Rhymes with -ɒli

Where it comes from

From lol + -y.

adjective lollier · lolliest

  1. Internet Eliciting a response of LOL; funny.

Lolly⁵

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Laura and Louise. Louise Bergeret (Lolly) was a year older than Enid;[…].

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