dolly
dolly definition
dolly (däl′ē)
noun pl. dollies -·lies
- 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
Etymology: dim. of doll
intransitive verb dollied -·lied, dollying -·ly·ing
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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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