Word info Synonyms Antonyms

polly

Speech parts

1. polly - Noun

2. Polly - Proper noun

Meaning

A woman's name; also, a popular name for a parrot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Phrases with the word

Examples

I don't think I will get married,” Polly said as she stood up. "I'm going to train to be a hero instead. Diana Wynne Jones

Polly wants a cracker Think I should get off her first Think she wants some water To put out the blow torch. Kurt Cobain

"Heroes see things like that," he said. "It's obviously an enchantment of some kind," Polly agreed, humouring him. "It must be," he said. It sounded as if he was humouring her. Diana Wynne Jones

Polly saw the point. Would she wish not to have been born? Unhappy as she was, she could not say that. Even when she had wished to die, she had not wished never to have been born. Nobody alive could do that. Mary McCarthy

Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.' Charlotte Rae

Close letter words and terms