doll|y

doll|y «DOL ee», noun, plural doll|ies, verb, doll|ied, doll|y|ing.

–n.

1. a child's name for a doll: »

The little girl was crying, saying that a dog had taken her rag dolly.

2. a small low frame on wheels, used to move heavy things: »

The refrigerator was moved into the house on a dolly. He put the baggage on his dolly and wheeled it out to the taxi stand (New Yorker).

3. a platform on wheels on which a motion-picture or television camera can be moved about.

4. U.S. a small locomotive run on narrow-gauge tracks, used in switching, construction jobs, etc.

5. Mining. a device for shaking and washing ore in a vessel.

6. British Dialect. a wooden pole for stirring or twisting clothes in washing.

7. a bar with a flat or cup-shaped piece set at an angle on one end, used to form or hold the head of a rivet.

8. a block placed on the top of a pile while it is being driven.

9.

= dolly block. (Cf. ↑dolly block)

10. British Slang. = dolly bird. (Cf. ↑dolly bird)

11. Cricket. = dolly catch. (Cf. ↑dolly catch)

–v.t., v.i.

to move on a dolly: »

The camera dollied in for the final scene.

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