Molly

  

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Molly

Definition: Molly

Molly

Noun

1. Popular aquarium fish.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Molly" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sea of bitterness", "a rebelliousness", "a wished for child", "loved".

Date "molly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Molly

DomainDefinition

Literature

Molly He's a regular Molly. Said of a man or big boy who betties or interferes with women's work, such as kitchen business, dressmaking, personal decoration, and so on. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Slang in 1811

MOLLY. A Miss Molly; an effeminate fellow, a sodomite. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Molly Weasley

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Molly Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. Though she is a witch herself, she is married to Arthur Weasley and acts a housewife.

They have seven children:

Her youngest children Ron and Ginny are best friends with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger. Molly seems to have taken the two young sorcerers without magical families under her wing and treats them with motherly affection as unofficial members of her family.

Molly tries to keep order in her house, a task made difficult by Fred and George Weasley, and loves rules. For instance, she admired Percy more than her other sons, because he was more concerned with rules than his siblings(this was before he abandoned the family.) Given this, it is quite shocking to discover that while she was at Hogwarts, she and her future husbend were out of bed at midnight.

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Poecilia latipinna

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Molly (Poecilia latipinna) is a popular freshwater aquarium fish species. It is a member of the Poecilidae family and is therefore live-bearing. It prefers hard water and can withstand a surprising degree of salinity. Indeed, mollies can be habituated to full-strength sea-water and live in a marine aquarium if need be. Mollies are more herbivorous than most aquarium fish and have a tendency to consume aquarium plants.

The species originates in the coastal areas of central America, on the Caribbean costline.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Poecilia latipinna."

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Synonym: Molly

Synonym: mollie (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Molly

Specialty definitions using "molly": Black StrapCyprinodontiformesDriversHalKeepersMolly Maguires, Molly Mog, molly-guardPoecilia. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Molly" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Hungarian (Moll).

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Modern Usage: Molly

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Yes, and there will be one less on this boat if you don't shut that hole in your face In the actual event, Molly Brown was going to throw Hutchins overboard (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

I love you Molly. I always have (Ghost; writing credit: Bruce Joel Rubin)

Molly sure know what she was doin' when she made this place red. The blood don't show (The Unsinkable Molly Brown; writing credit: Helen Deutsch; Richard Morris)

And how is the young Josh and the lovely Molly, they're always in my thoughts (Red Dragon; writing credit: Ted Tally)

Movie/TV Titles

Lovin' Molly (1974)

Molly and Lawless John (1972)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Fibber McGee and Molly (1959)

Molly Grows Up (1953)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Molly

DomainTitle

Books

  • Raised on Radio: In Quest of the Lone Ranger, Jack Benny, Amos 'N' Andy, the Shadow, Mary Noble, the Great Gildersleeve, Fibber McGee and Molly, bill (reference)

  • Molly Brant: A Legacy of Her Own (reference)

  • The American Girls Short Stories, Set 2: Molly and the Movie Star, Samantha Saves the Wedding, Addy's Little Brother,Kirsten and the New Girl, Again, (reference)

  • Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon (reference)

  • Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty (Dear America) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • The Big Comfy Couch - Picky Eaters/Naptime for Molly (reference)

  • Molly Moo Cow W/Friends Save T (reference)

  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Molly

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Sylvia Baca and Molly McUsic at Sage Country Inn meeting place. Credit: Mark Armstrong & Chris Strebig.

Molly Miller. Credit: Library of Congress.

Molly Bawn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Lottie and Dottie. It was like this Lottie, Molly and me and Milly all got into the same car ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Y'know Molly, I'd be willin' to pay a hundred thousand dollars to be able to do that. Credit: Library of Congress.

Molly Pitcher Brigade holds drill. Credit: Library of Congress.

Molly Scott, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing left, with Cisco Houston, both playing guitars. Credit: Library of Congress.

Molly Bawn. Credit: Library of Congress.

Molly the manicure girl. "Exercise is making a new girl out of me, Molly ...". Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Molly
 

"Liqui Molly Rally 5" by Ovidiu Sopa
Commentary: "The Liqui Molly Rally 2003 from Sibiu, Romania."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Usage Frequency: Molly

"Molly" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Molly" is used about 806 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.88%8058,650
Unclassified Items0.12%1339,140
                    Total100.00%806N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Molly

The following table summarizes the usage of "molly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
MollyFirst name Female55,000317
MollyLast name10080,903
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Molly

"Molly" 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 "Molly."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
MariamneFemaleN/AMary
MarianMaleN/AMary
MelleFemaleN/AMary
MariamFemaleArabicMary
MaryamFemaleArabicMary
MirenFemaleBasqueMary
MaryFemaleBiblicalN/A
MiriamFemaleBiblicalMary
MarijaFemaleCroatianMary
MariaFemaleCzechMary
MarikaFemaleCzechMary
MariaFemaleDutchMary
MarijkeFemaleDutchMary
MamieFemaleEnglishMary
MariaFemaleEnglishMary
MarielFemaleEnglishMary
MarigoldFemaleEnglishMary
MarilenaFemaleEnglishMary
MarileneFemaleEnglishMary
MarilynFemaleEnglishMary
MarionFemaleEnglishMary
MaryFemaleEnglishN/A
MaryannFemaleEnglishMary
MaryanneFemaleEnglishMary
MarylouFemaleEnglishMary
MaryvonneFemaleEnglishMary
MiriamFemaleEnglishMary
MollieFemaleEnglishMary
MollyFemaleEnglishMary
PollieFemaleEnglishMolly
PollyFemaleEnglishMolly
MaijaFemaleFinnishMary
MariFemaleFinnishMary
MariaFemaleFinnishMary
MarieFemaleFrenchMary
MariaFemaleGermanMary
MariaFemaleGreekMary
MaleahFemaleHawaiianMary
MaliaFemaleHawaiianMary
MeleFemaleHawaiianMary
MáriaFemaleHungarianMary
MaraFemaleHungarianMary
MariFemaleHungarianMary
MarikaFemaleHungarianMary
MariaFemaleIcelandicMary
MáirínFemaleIrishMary
MáireFemaleIrishMary
MallaidhFemaleIrishMolly
MariaFemaleItalianMary
MiriamFemaleJewishMary
MarijaFemaleLithuanianMary
MoirreyFemaleManxMary
MariaFemalePolishMary
MariaFemalePortugueseMary
MariaFemaleRomanianMary
MaryaFemaleRussianMary
MashaFemaleRussianMary
MariaFemaleScandinavianMary
MàiriFemaleScottishMary
MarijaFemaleSerbianMary
MarikaFemaleSlovakMary
MarijaFemaleSloveneMary
MaríaFemaleSpanishMary
MairFemaleWelshMary
MariFemaleWelshMary
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Molly

Expressions using "molly": hog molly Molly cottontail Molly Maguire Molly Miller. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "molly": molly-coddle, molly-coddled, molly-coddling, molly-guard, Molly-mawk.

Containing "molly": Milly-molly-mandy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Molly

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bish molly

1,811

molly ringwald nude

71

molly sims

905

groove2000 molly

64

flogging molly

725

2000 groove molly

62

molly

654

molly rome

59

molly ivins

542

molly fish

57

molly ringwald

514

molly price

56

hatchet molly

286

molly maguires

53

molly maid

249

groove molly

53

molly holly

204

unsinkable molly brown

50

model molly

178

molly stanton

43

molly simms

154

floggin molly

43

molly parker

151

molly malone

42

molly brown

146

ivans molly

42

molly pitcher

143

flogging molly tab

35

molly shannon

139

black molly

34

flogging molly lyrics

115

molly nude

34

erica molly

109

holly molly nude

33

molly culver

93

molly picture sims

31

molly pitcher inn

89

model.com molly

28

molly nude sims

80

molly online

28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Molly

Language Translations for "molly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Vajzë E Re, Prostitutë (bawd, call girl, drab, harlot, hooker, light-o'-love, Moll, night hawk, night walker, prostitute, streetwalker, tramp, trollop, trull), Djalë I Përkëdhelur. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مخنث (effeminate, molly-coddle, sissy, womanish, womanly), ‏لاطف (be nice, caress, comply, fondle, humor, humour, indulge, molly-coddle, pet, treat well, treat with kindness), ‏رجل مخنث (molly-coddle), ‏دلل (cherish, cocker, coddle, cosset, dandle, fondle, indulge, molly-coddle, mother, pamper, pet, spoil, spoon feed), ‏دلع (make a pet of smb., molly-coddle, mother, pet). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Женствен Мъж (Nancy), Безхарактерен Мъж, Баба (Goody, Grandmamma). (various references)

   

Czech

  

mazánek (molly-coddle), zhýèkanec (molly-coddle). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

Υποκοριστικό Τησ Mary. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Marika. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

memanjakan (cosher, indulge, molly-coddle, pamper, spoil). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollymay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

maricas (home-bird, milksop, molly-coddle, sissy), homem ou rapaz efeminado. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

Проститутка, Тряпка, Большая Корзина. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mekušac (cissy, milksop, mollusc, mollusk, mollycoddle, molly-coddle, softy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Muchacha (colleen, gal, girl, lass, lassie, wench), Prostituta (call girl, harlot, hooker, Moll, night walker, prostitute, quail, scarlet woman, streetwalker, strumpet, whore). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Muhallebi Çocuğu, Hanım Evlâdı (mollycoddle, mother's darling, sissy, softy). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

Повія (Cyprian, Moll, Tootsie), Зніжений Юнак. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người đàn ông ẻo lả (molly-coddle), đĩ (harlot, strumpet, trollop, trull, whore). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

Mali. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Molly

Derivations

Words beginning with "molly": mollycoddle, mollycoddled, mollycoddler, mollycoddlers, mollycoddles, mollycoddling. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Molly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amilly, mally, Mallya, Melili, Melli, milly, Moelln, Moily, molely, moley, moli, molla, mollied, molloys, Mollys, molty, Molwyn, Molye, mooli, mooly, Moorly, motly, mouli, Mouly, mozley, Mulley, Mulloy, muly. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Molly"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "molly" (pronounced mÄ"lē)
4m Ä" l ēMollie.
3-Ä" l ēbialy, Brolly, collie, Colly, jolly, Dolly, Folly, golly, holly, lolly, poly, trolley, volley.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Molly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "l-l-m-o-y"

-1 letter: moll, moly.

-2 letters: mol, yom.

-3 letters: lo, mo, my, om, oy, yo.

 Words containing the letters "l-l-m-o-y"
 

+2 letters: allonym, modally, mollify, morally.

 

+3 letters: allogamy, allonyms, amorally, comelily, formally, gloomily, lissomly, loyalism, mellowly, molality, moltenly, mortally, mullocky, normally, phyllome, seldomly, solemnly, tomalley.

 

+4 letters: allometry, collyrium, comically, complexly, doomfully, emulously, fulsomely, immorally, limnology, lissomely, loyalisms, lysosomal, mesophyll, modularly, moilingly, nominally, ohmically, optimally, phyllomes, syllogism, symbolled, tomalleys, welcomely.

 

+5 letters: abnormally, amylolytic, amyloplast, armorially, atomically, binomially, collyriums, communally, completely, cosmically, employable, episomally, formlessly, gladsomely, hormonally, hyaloplasm, immortally, impolitely, informally, lonesomely, longsomely, luminously, malacology, manifoldly, melancholy, memorially, mesophylls, microphyll, mollifying, monaurally, mosaically, mournfully, movelessly, myeloblast, myopically, osmolality, phyllodium, plasmolyze, polynomial, proximally, syllogisms, symbolical, symbolling, temporally, toilsomely.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Usage Frequency
9. Names: Frequency
10. Names: Derived from
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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