1. Popular aquarium fish
   "The colourful mollies were the centrepiece of the tropical fish tank";
   - mollie
    
2. [US, slang] A street name for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
   "The rave culture was associated with molly use";
   - Adam [slang], ecstasy [slang], XTC [slang], go [slang], disco biscuit [slang], X [slang], hug drug [slang]
    
3. [offensive] A homosexual man
   "before he came out he'd never been called a molly";
   - gay man, gay, fagot [N. Amer, informal], faggot [informal], fag [informal], fairy [informal], pansy [informal], queen [informal], poof [informal], pouf [informal]
    
4. [Brit, offensive] An effeminate man
   "he's such a molly";

Derived forms: mollies

Type of: adult male, bozo [N. Amer, informal], cat [N. Amer, informal], chappie [Brit, informal], gay, geezer [Brit, informal], guy [informal], hombre [N. Amer, informal], homophile [archaic], homosexual, live-bearer, man, MDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, poeciliid, poeciliid fish, sod [informal], topminnow

Part of: genus Mollienesia, Mollienesia

Encyclopedia: Molly, You In Danger, Girl