Dolly

Word DOLLY
Character 5
Hyphenation dol ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Dolly"

What do we mean by dolly?

A child's doll. noun

A low mobile platform that rolls on casters, used for transporting heavy loads. noun

Such a platform as used by one working underneath a motor vehicle. noun

A hand truck. noun

A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie camera steadily along the ground or along a track. noun

A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a dolly; a tracking shot. noun

A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site. noun

A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub. noun

A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head. noun

A small piece of wood or metal placed on the head of a pile to prevent damage to the pile while it is being driven. noun

To move a dolly in a specified direction. intransitive verb

A doll. See doll. noun

In mining, to concentrate or dress (ore) by the use of the dolly.

In India, a complimentary offering of fruit and flowers, sweetmeats, and the like, usually presented on trays or brass dishes. noun

Same as doll. noun

In mining, the flat disk of wood which moves up and down in the keeve or dolly-tub in the process of concentrating ore by tossing and packing. See toss. noun

In pile-driving, an extension-piece placed on the upper end of a pile, when the head of the pile is beyond the reach of the monkey. noun

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet; a snap-head. noun

A doll.

A contrivance for stirring:

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.

A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.

A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.

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The word "dolly" in example sentences

October 20th, 2009 at 6: 31 pm dolly is my fairy godmother ❋ Unknown (2009)

That ring for making scarves like a large knitting dolly is such a clever idea - I've never seen anything like it where can you buy them from? ❋ Katelnorth (2007)

Ohh kate that little beaded dolly is looking so awesome! what size are the beads you are using and what type of thread do you use? is it nymo? ❋ Katelnorth (2007)

This playset includes a hearse, coffins, headstones, a mortician, a handy little coffin dolly, and a diarama background to display everything. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This is possibly one source of the name dolly peg. ❋ Heritage (2010)

The film follows a curious and adventurous dolichorhynchops - familiarly known as a 'dolly' - as she travels through the most dangerous oceans in history. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The dolly is a cart that the camera and sometimes its crew sit on. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Coppins called a dolly and with which they both seemed to have a close, though warily respectful, relationship. ❋ Unknown (2004)

A dolly is a one man power single stamp battery, or rather an extra sized pestle and mortar (see "Rules of Thumb"). ❋ Unknown (N/A)

He brought more clay from the brook, and remembering that Bessie had called the dolly her baby he resolved to form this one into a baby's image. ❋ Lyman Frank (1902)

` ` It is called a dolly, my dear, '' he said to Bessie. ❋ Lyman Frank (1902)

` ` I shall call the dolly my baby, '' returned Bessie, kissing it fondly; ` ` and I shall tend it and care for it just as Nurse cares for me. ❋ Lyman Frank (1902)

"It is called a dolly, my dear," he said to Bessie. ❋ Unknown (1887)

"I shall call the dolly my baby," returned Bessie, kissing it fondly; ❋ Unknown (1887)

Not a single one was what you would call a dolly on the leg side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rodriguez's camera crane was a stepladder and his dolly was a wheelchair borrowed from a neighborhood hospital. ❋ John Baichtal (2010)

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