molly

Pluralmollies (some meanings)

Formsmollies, mollying, mollied

1. 1
   party drugnounslanguncountable

   The drug MDMA as a powder or crystals. It is sold as pure, but it often contains other drugs.

   The police found molly in his backpack at the concert.

   She said she would never try molly after what happened to her friend.

   UsageSay took molly, with no a. On molly means feeling the drug’s effects.

   Similarmandy

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2. 2
   aquarium fishnouncountable

   A fish from the same group as the guppy, but not a guppy itself.

   We bought two black mollies for our fish tank.

   The molly hid among the plants at the bottom of the tank.

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3. 3
   wall anchornouncountable or uncountable

   A molly bolt, a metal holder that opens out behind a hollow wall so a screw can grip it.

   Use a molly to hang the mirror, because the wall is hollow.

   We'll need a box of mollies for the new drywall.

4. 4
   female catnouncountable or uncountable

   A female cat, usually one that has had an operation so it cannot have kittens.

   The shelter has two kittens left, a tom and a molly.

   The breeder told us the gray kitten was a molly, not a tom.

   Oppositetom

5. 5
   nounslangcountable

   In video games, a bottle bomb that you throw to start a fire.

   Throw a molly into the corner to make them come out.

   Our team saved its mollies for the last round.

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6. 6
   verbintransitive

   Of a man, to have sex with another man.

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