ice lolly

2.0

A sweet frozen treat on a small stick like a popsicle

noun
/aɪs ˈlɑli/

: polo de hielo

I'm going to go downstairs, I think, get an ice lolly because it's just too hot.

And Poppy also made some ice lollies.

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Examples

But now I'm going to just tidy up after dinner while the kids eat ice lollies and watch TV.
This here is the best ice lolly in the entire world.
Just getting an ice lolly.

Now Is Good (2012)
Have you ever seen the ice lolly section looking so sad and bare?
Jen gave him a tenner to run off for an ice lolly, and he made it back just in time to join her at the place where the new border was being laid.

Fiction book (1990)
Freezing doesn't kill bugs; therefore, ice cubes and ice lollies should be avoided unless made with bottled or treated water.

Academic text (2012)
On a hot summer day, I enjoy eating a cold ice lolly by the pool.
She bought her favorite strawberry ice lolly from the ice cream truck.
After playing outside, the kids were excited to have an ice lolly as a treat.

Synonyms

popsicle

vsice lolly

48 1.4

A frozen sweet treat on a stick made from juice or water

is the British general term rather than the American name

lolly

vsice lolly

6 6.4

A sweet treat on a stick like a lollipop or an ice pop

is the more specific frozen stick dessert rather than any sweet snack

lollipop

vsice lolly

1 1.0

A cold sweet on a small stick made from ice cream or frozen juice that you lick

is the broader everyday name used for both cream and ice versions

trough lolly

vsice lolly

Australian

9.9

A long flat ice cream on a stick that you eat by licking

is the common small stick version rather than a large rectangular bar

Surface Forms

ice lolly singular

ice lollies plural

popsicles plural

popsicle singular

Morphology

ice + lolly

The meaning 'a frozen sugary treat on a stick' is directly and transparently derived from 'ice' (frozen water) combined with 'lolly' (a sugary treat, often on a stick). This compound follows common cross-linguistic noun-combining patterns and despite dialectal synonyms like 'popsicle', a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Ice lolly comes from the simple image of a piece of flavored ice on a small stick and the word lolly, short for 'lollipop', a sweet on a stick. That's why ice lolly means 'a sweet snack' on a stick, like the American 'popsicle'.