dolly

(däl′ē)

noun pl. dollies

a doll: a child's word
a tool used to hold a rivet at one end while a head is hammered out of the other end
Dialectal a stick or board for stirring, as in laundering clothes or washing ore
☆ any of several kinds of low, flat, wheeled frames for transporting heavy objects, as in a factory
☆ Film, TV a low, wheeled platform on which the camera is mounted for moving it about the set

Origin: dim. of doll

intransitive verb dollied, dollying

to move a dolly forward (in), backward (out), etc. in photographing or televising the action

transitive verb

to move (a camera, load, etc.) on a dolly

See dolly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. dol·lies

Informal A child's doll.
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.
A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie or television camera about a set.
A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site.
A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub.
A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head.
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.