"mollie" meaning in English

See mollie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒlɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɒli/ [UK], /ˈmɑli/ [US] Forms: mollies [plural]
enPR: mŏʹlĭ [Received-Pronunciation], mŏʹli [UK], mŏʹlē [US] Etymology: Diminutive abbreviation; compare Mollie (“Molotov”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} mollie (plural mollies)
  1. Any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called Mollienesia; more commonly molly.
    Sense id: en-mollie-en-noun--SgvUk-s
  2. (informal) A Molotov cocktail. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-mollie-en-noun-mGWAhw9C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Diminutive abbreviation; compare Mollie (“Molotov”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mollies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "mollie (plural mollies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called Mollienesia; more commonly molly."
      ],
      "id": "en-mollie-en-noun--SgvUk-s",
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Poecilia",
          "Poecilia#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "molly",
          "molly#Etymology 2"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1993 August 2nd (5:27pm), “KARL FRIEDRICH BLOSS” (user name), talk.politics.guns (Usenet), “Re: You Americans are Gun Freaks…”, Message ID: <1993Aug2.172724.76557@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>\nIt seems the weapon of choice in Rostock and other wonderful displays of harmony with fellow humans (NOT) was the Mollie (Molotov cocktail)."
        },
        {
          "text": "1998 September 30th, “zorbo” (user name), misc.survivalism (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Suppose the bad guys have tanks?”, Message ID: <6useu0$4911@ns1.netrax.net>\nWould you be willing to sit in an AFV, even the most modern, while I toss a couple mollies onto the engine compartment?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Molotov cocktail."
      ],
      "id": "en-mollie-en-noun-mGWAhw9C",
      "links": [
        [
          "Molotov cocktail",
          "Molotov cocktail#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A Molotov cocktail."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹlĭ",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒlɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹli",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹlē",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mollie"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive abbreviation; compare Mollie (“Molotov”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mollies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mollie (plural mollies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of many New World fish of the genus Poecilia, formerly called Mollienesia; more commonly molly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
        [
          "Poecilia",
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        ],
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          "molly#Etymology 2"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1993 August 2nd (5:27pm), “KARL FRIEDRICH BLOSS” (user name), talk.politics.guns (Usenet), “Re: You Americans are Gun Freaks…”, Message ID: <1993Aug2.172724.76557@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>\nIt seems the weapon of choice in Rostock and other wonderful displays of harmony with fellow humans (NOT) was the Mollie (Molotov cocktail)."
        },
        {
          "text": "1998 September 30th, “zorbo” (user name), misc.survivalism (Usenet newsgroup), “Re: Suppose the bad guys have tanks?”, Message ID: <6useu0$4911@ns1.netrax.net>\nWould you be willing to sit in an AFV, even the most modern, while I toss a couple mollies onto the engine compartment?"
        }
      ],
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        "A Molotov cocktail."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Molotov cocktail",
          "Molotov cocktail#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) A Molotov cocktail."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹlĭ",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒlɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹli",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɒli/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mŏʹlē",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑli/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mollie"
}

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