Dolly (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural dol·lies.
  1. a doll.
  2. a low truck or cart with small wheels for moving loads too heavy to be carried by hand.
  3. a small wheeled platform, usually having a short boom, on which a 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 block placed on the head of a pile being driven to receive the shock of the blows.
  6. a small locomotive operating on narrow-gauge tracks, especially in quarries, construction sites, etc.
  7. a short, wooden pole with a hollow dishlike base for stirring clothes while laundering them.
  8. a tablet of Dolophine.
  9. an attractive girl or young woman.
  10. an affectionate or familiar term of address, as to a child or romantic partner (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., especially by a male to a female).
verb (used with object), dol·lied, dol·ly·ing.
  1. to transport or convey (a camera) by means of a dolly.
verb (used without object), dol·lied, dol·ly·ing.
  1. to move a camera on a dolly, especially toward or away from the subject being filmed or televised (often followed by in or out): to dolly in for a close-up.
noun
  1. a female given name, form of Doll.
noun plural -lies
  1. a child's word for a doll
  2. a wheeled support on which a camera may be mounted
  3. a cup-shaped anvil held against the head of a rivet while the other end is being hammered
  4. a shaped block of lead used to hammer dents out of sheet metal
  5. 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. a simple catch
  7. an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
verb -lies, -lying or -lied
  1. to wheel (a camera) backwards or forwards on a dolly
Dolly (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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