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Definition of Dolly
1. Noun. Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted.
2. Noun. Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects.
3. Noun. A small replica of a person; used as a toy.
Specialized synonyms: Golliwog, Golliwogg, Kachina, Paper Doll, Puppet, Rag Doll, Sawdust Doll, Toy Soldier
Generic synonyms: Plaything, Toy
Definition of Dolly
1. n. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.
2. n. A child's mane for a doll.
Definition of Dolly
1. Proper noun. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, and later also of Dolores. ¹
2. Proper noun. (poker) Dolly Parton ¹
3. Noun. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer. ¹
4. Noun. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. ¹
5. Noun. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver. ¹
6. Noun. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building. ¹
7. Noun. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc. ¹
8. Noun. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted. ¹
9. Noun. ''(children, colloquial):'' A child's name for a doll. ¹
10. Noun. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch. ¹
11. Noun. a doll ¹
12. Verb. (transitive cricket) To hit a dolly. ¹
13. Verb. To move an object using a dolly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dolly
1. to move on a wheeled platform [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES]
Medical Definition of Dolly
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolly
Literary usage of Dolly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"dolly. Oh, you know well enough. (She sits in chair at left of table, and dolly.
... Oh, I see, Hazel's been here, and told dolly everything, and she thinks ..."
2. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"dolly.—An extension piece placed on the upper end of a pile when the head of the
... Air dolly.—A dolly operated by compressed air. Used between two beams. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1856)
"Some of our readers know an 'Aunt dolly ' so perfectly different, ... from dolly.
' Rose thought this was the only light in which she was likely to view the ..."
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