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dolly
I. dolly noun
also doll·ey or doll·ie \ˈdälē, ˈdȯl-, -li\
(plural dollies also dolleys)
Etymology: doll + -y, -ey, -ie
1.
a. dialect England : an untidy woman
b. slang : an attractive young woman : doll
c. cricket : sitter
2. : doll 1a — a child's term
3.
a. : a hand-operated wooden-pronged instrument that washes clothes by turning and pounding them in a tub
b. : a contrivance turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch used in mining operations to give a circular motion to the ore to be washed : stirrer
c. : a large mortar and pestle for crushing ore
d. : a machine for scouring textiles (as woolens and worsteds) during manufacture
4.
a. : a block put between the head of a pile and the ram of a pile driver
b. : a heavy steel bar with a cupped head for holding against the head of a rivet while the other end is being headed
c. : a shaped metal block used as an anvil in sheet-metal work (as in reshaping an automobile fender)
5.
a. : an auxiliary car (as one attached to a cable and used to push a standard car up an incline)
b. : a compact narrow-gauge railroad locomotive used for moving construction trains and for switching
6.
a. : a small cart or wheeled platform used to move freight in terminals or in loading and unloading
b. : a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters used for transporting heavy objects (as logs, girders, or machines) short distances or for supporting a person working under an automobile
c. : a small wheeled truck used to support the tail of an airplane when moving the latter on the ground
d. : a wheeled platform on which a motion-picture or television camera is mounted for ready movement about a set
e. : a standard that is swung down in position to support the forward part of a semitrailer when it is detached from a truck tractor
II. dolly verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
1. : to treat with a dolly:
a. dialect England : to wash (clothes) with a dolly
b. : to crush (rock) with a dolly
2. : to move (a camera) about on a dolly
3. : to convey on a dolly
< movers dollied away the file cabinets >
intransitive verb
: to move the camera about on a dolly while shooting a scene for motion pictures or television
< we dollied in for a close-up of the two faces >
< dolly out for a long shot >
also of a camera : to be moved on a dolly
< the camera can pan or dolly along with the subject >
III. dol·ly \ˈdälē\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Hindi ḍālī, literally, basket, tray
India : a present or offering (as of fruit, flowers, or confections) |