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dol·ly
(dŏl′ē)n. pl. dol·lies
1. Informal A child's doll.
2.
a. A low mobile platform that rolls on casters, used for transporting heavy loads.
b. Such a platform as used by one working underneath a motor vehicle.
c. A hand truck.
3.
a. A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie camera steadily along the ground or along a track.
b. A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a dolly; a tracking shot.
4. A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site.
5. A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub.
6. A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head.
7. 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.
intr.v. dol·lied, dol·ly·ing, dol·lies
To move a dolly in a specified direction: The camera dollied left, keeping the actors in the frame.
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dolly
(ˈdɒlɪ)n, pl -lies
1. a child's word for a doll
2. (Film) films television a wheeled support on which a camera may be mounted
3. (Tools) a cup-shaped anvil held against the head of a rivet while the other end is being hammered
4. (Tools) a shaped block of lead used to hammer dents out of sheet metal
5. (Mechanical Engineering) a distance piece placed between the head of a pile and the pile-driver to form an extension to the length of the pile
6. (Cricket) cricket a simple catch
7. slang chiefly Also called: dolly bird or dollybird Brit an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
vb, -lies, -lying or -lied
(Film) films television to wheel (a camera) backwards or forwards on a dolly
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dol•ly
(ˈdɒl i)n., pl. dol•lies, n.
1. Informal. a doll.
2. a low truck or cart with small wheels for moving heavy loads.
3. a small wheeled platform, usu. having a short boom, on which a movie or television camera can be mounted for making moving shots.
4. a tool for receiving and holding the head of a rivet while the other end is being headed.
5. a small locomotive operating on narrow-gauge tracks.
v.t. 6. to transport or convey (a camera) by means of a dolly.
v.i. 7. to move a camera on a dolly, esp. toward or away from the subject being filmed or televised (often fol. by in or out): to dolly in for a close-up.
[1600–10]
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dolly
Airborne data link equipment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
dolly
Past participle: dollied
Gerund: dollying
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| Noun | 1. |  dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mountedtransport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation |
| 2. | dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation | |
| 3. |  dolly - a small replica of a person; used as a toygolliwogg - a grotesque black doll kachina - a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift paper doll - a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being puppet - a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers rag doll - a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted sawdust doll - a doll that is stuffed with sawdust toy soldier - a doll that resembles a soldier |
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dolly
[ˈdɒlɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dolly
(ˈdoli) – plural ˈdollies – noun a child's word for a doll. muñeca
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