dolly (redirected from dollies)

dol·ly  (dl)

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 wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie or television camera about a set.

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 the wheeled apparatus on which a movie or television camera is mounted toward or away from the scene of action.

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dolly

Noun

pl -lies

1. a child's word for a doll (sense 1)

2. Films, television a wheeled support on which a camera may be mounted

3. Also called: (dolly bird) Slang, chiefly Brit an attractive and fashionable girl

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dolly - conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted transport, 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 toy doll golliwog, golliwogg - 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 plaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with 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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Airborne data link equipment.

Translations

dolly [ˈdɔlɪ] n → poupée f

dolly [ˈdɔlɪ] (inf) n (doll, woman) → Puppe f

dolly [ˈdɔlɪ] n → bambola

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dolly

n dolly [ˈdoli]

a child's word for a doll. poppie دُمْيَه (بِلَهْجَةِ الأطفال) кукличка panenka dukke das Püppchen κουκλίτσα muñeca nuku عروسک به زبان کودکانه nukke poupée בֻּבָּה गुड़िया के लिए बच्चों के द्वारा उपयोग होने वाला शब्द, डॉली, डौली lutkica babácska boneka dúkka, brúða bambola 人形 인형(아이들이 쓰는 말) lėlytė lellīte patung popje dokke laleczka boneca păpuşă куколка bábika lutkica lutka docka ตุ๊กตา (ภาษาเด็ก) bebek (兒語)玩具娃娃 лялечка بچوں کی زبان میں گڑيا búp bê （儿语）玩具娃娃