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dolly Definition

dolly (däl′ē)

noun pl. dollies -·lies

  1. a doll: a child's word
  2. a tool used to hold a rivet at one end while a head is hammered out of the other end
  3. Dialectal a stick or board for stirring, as in laundering clothes or washing ore
  4. ☆ any of several kinds of low, flat, wheeled frames for transporting heavy objects, as in a factory
  5. ☆ Film, TV a low, wheeled platform on which the camera is mounted for moving it about the set

Etymology: dim. of doll

intransitive verb dollied -·lied, dollying -·ly·ing

to move a dolly forward (in), backward (out), etc. in photographing or televising the action

transitive verb

to move (a camera, load, etc.) on a dolly
dolly Usage Examples

Object

  • sheep: Dolly the sheep in summer offers abandon the pricey tournament texas hold.

Converse of object

  • drop: Panesar is waiting at mid-off ( where he's been moved from leg gully ), but drops a real dolly to his right.
  • make: The center of gravity is to the rear, making the dolly easy to wheel.
  • use: The children all enjoyed using the dolly to turn the clothes in the washing tub.
  • wash: The clothes would be placed in a large tub and the washing dolly would be plunged in.
  • have: He won't have a cotton dolly, Mickey Mouse won't come to his house.

Adjective modifier

  • absolute: Warne has just dropped an absolute dolly after Pietersen edged a fullish one off Lee.
  • little: Don't be bad little cotton dolly, See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now?
  • traditional: A traditional dolly looks something like a toy train.

Modifies a noun

  • tub: Then, one kettle at a time, it was poured into the dolly tub or tin bath.
  • mixture: Various combinations of dolly mixtures were tucked about their persons which passed hands at 50p or £ 1 a taste.
  • bird: Now we needed to find the requested ' dolly birds ' .
  • shot: Today film-makers employ a track to move the camera in what is termed a " dolly shot " .
  • bag: Co-ordinating range of children's wraps, dolly bags & cravats.

Noun used with modifier

  • corn: A corn dolly from the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading.
  • trolley: The stagecoach was expertly driven by Rob, with Jill acting as lookout and trolley dolly.
  • camera: One shot showed Stratford Johns walking along a corridor with a very visible camera dolly following him all the way.