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Definition: POLLY |
POLLYNoun1. A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot. |
"POLLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sea of bitterness", "a rebelliousness", "a wished for child", "loved". |
Date "POLLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Polly Mary. The change of M for P in pet names is by no means rare; e.g. - Margaret. Maggie or Meggy, becomes Peggie, and Pegg or Peg. Martha. Matty becomes Patty. Mary. Molly becomes Polly or Poll. Here we see another change by no means unusual- that of r into l or ll. Similarly, Sarah becomes Sally; Dorothea, Dora, becomes Dolly; Harry, Hal. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: POLLY |
| Specialty definitions using "POLLY": Hal. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Hello Polly. (S.O.B.; writing credit: Blake Edwards) Hi I'm Polly the Penis. (Porky's; writing credit: Bob Clark) Hey! Wuz up, little guy? Polly wanna cracker? (Scary Movie 2; writing credit: Shawn Wayans; Marlon Wayans) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pretty Polly (1967) Polly Magoo? Qui êtes-vous (1966) The Polly Bergen Show (1957) Polly Wants a Doctor (1944) Cholly Polly (1942) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Underway, prior to World War I. This pleasure craft has previously been named Howmornel, and was later renamed Polly. She was acquired by the Navy on 14 May 1917 and commissioned one day later as USS Polly (SP-690). Following First World War service she was stricken on 11 March 1919 and transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919. Credit: NAVY. |  | In port during World War I. Built in 1909 as a pleasure craft, and named Howmornel, Kahkin IV and Polly in that role, she was acquired by the Navy on 14 May 1917 and commissioned one day later. She was stricken on 11 March 1919, following First World War service, and transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Does Polly want a cracker?. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polly and her pals. [Pa leaves the house on a windy day] / Cliff Sterrett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Polly. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polly in the peanut patch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Pretty Polly say when I was away did your fancy never stray to some new lover?. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Polly and her pals. "Everybudy swears off somethin' fer New Years', ad' besides Paw smokes too much anyhow!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
John Gay | O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In Petaluma, California, an innocent slumber party gives way to agonizing tragedy for the family of Polly Klaas. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "POLLY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.89% of the time. "POLLY" is used about 914 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.89% | 913 | 7,858 |
| Adverb (general) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 914 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "POLLY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Polly | First name Female | 22,000 | 582 |
| Polly | Last name | 1,000 | 11,321 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "POLLY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sea of bitterness", "a rebelliousness", "a wished for child", "loved". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "POLLY." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Mary | Female | Biblical | N/A |
| Mary | Female | English | N/A |
| Molly | Female | English | Mary |
| Pollie | Female | English | Molly |
| Polly | Female | English | Molly |
| Pollyanna | Female | English | Polly |
| Mallaidh | Female | Irish | Molly |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "POLLY": polly degree. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "POLLY": P-polly. | |
Containing "POLLY": inn-sewer-ants-polly-sea. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
polly pocket | 4,307 | aunt polly.com | 30 |
polly pocket.com | 1,562 | lunn polly | 29 |
polly | 687 | pocet polly | 28 |
com pocket polly | 399 | polly doll | 26 |
aunt polly | 319 | aunt dream polly | 26 |
fashion polly | 152 | polly pocket doll | 25 |
com polly | 89 | pocet.com polly | 23 |
pockets.com polly | 87 | bug polly rolly | 23 |
polly esthers | 77 | esters polly | 21 |
poket polly | 73 | polly bergen | 21 |
game pocket polly | 73 | aunt polly tgp | 21 |
klaas polly | 69 | polly draper | 19 |
poket.com polly | 63 | polly flinders | 19 |
polly walker | 56 | fashion pocket polly | 17 |
polly rolly | 55 | alocasia polly | 16 |
foundation klaas polly | 40 | game polly | 14 |
com poket polly | 39 | pocket polly site web | 14 |
pretty polly | 37 | polly pocket toy | 14 |
klass polly | 36 | foundation klass polly | 14 |
polly shannon | 31 | aunt dream polly,s | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "POLLY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | диплома без отличие (poll, poll degree, polly degree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Máòa (Moll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ollypay степень без отличия (Poll degree, polly degree). (various references) stepen zagađenosti (polly degree). (various references) Papağan (parrot, popinjay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "POLLY": pollywog, pollywogs. (additional references) | |
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"POLLY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pailly, Pallie, Pelli, Penllyn, Pillay, Pilley, pilly, Polay, Polkyth, Polley, Pollia, Potley. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "POLLY" (pronounced 'Pol"ly'): Abruptly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Acutely, Adaptly, Adjunctly, Adroitly, Alertly, Antiquely, Apertly, Aptly, Archly, Argutely, Artly, Attently, Augustly, Austerely, Aversely, Avisely, Awkly, Badly, Baldly, Barely, Basely, Beastly, Behovely, Benignly, Beseemly, Bigly, Billy, Blackly, Blandly, Blankly, Blindly, Blithely, Blolly, Bluely, Bluntly, Boldly, Booly, Bragly, Bravely, Briefly, Brightly, Briskly, Broadly, Brutely, Buffoonly, Burly, Calmly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-l-o-p-y" | |
-1 letter: ploy, poll, poly. | |
-2 letters: lop, ply, pol. | |
-3 letters: lo, op, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-l-o-p-y" | |
+1 letter: phyllo. | |
+2 letters: payroll, phyllos, pillory, pillowy. | |
+3 letters: allotype, allotypy, floppily, lollypop, lyophile, payrolls, phyllode, phylloid, phyllome, politely, pollywog, polygala, polyglot, postally, potbelly, prolixly, sloppily, trollopy. | |
+4 letters: allopatry, allotropy, allotypes, allotypic, collotype, complexly, epochally, haplology, hopefully, laypeople, leprously, lipolyses, lipolysis, lipolytic, lollypops, lyophiled, lyophilic, mesophyll, oedipally, oligopoly, optically, optimally, opulently, parlously, pellitory, perorally, philology, phyllodes, phyllodia, phylloids, phyllomes, pivotally, pollywogs, polygalas, polyglots, polygonal, polyploid, polytonal, polyvinyl, popularly, topically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4F 4C 4C 59 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. --- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001111 01001100 01001100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P O L L Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004F 004C 004C 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5049464659 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulharský, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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