plural dollies
1
: doll
2
: a wooden-pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub
3
: a compact narrow-gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching
4
a
: a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters for moving heavy objects
b
: a wheeled platform for a television or movie camera
dollied; dollying
: to move a movie or television camera about on a dolly while shooting a scene
also, of a camera
: to be moved on a dolly
Examples of dolly in a Sentence
Noun
We'll need a dolly to move the refrigerator.
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
Recent Examples on the Web
Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
The building will break from the basement foundation before it’s placed on large hydraulic dollies to move to the new location.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2024
At 3:45, Johnson loads up a dolly with the first two stones, wheels them down a wooden ramp, wiggles them off and leans them against wooden pallets that have been placed on the side of a building.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Fifteen crew members — twice as many as in a typical Mobile Unit production — were trundling dollies, road boxes and ladders from a library loading dock toward the stage.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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Noun
Below the hole in the ceiling were carts and two-wheeled dollies.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 July 2024
The building will break from the basement foundation before it’s placed on large hydraulic dollies to move to the new location.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2024
At 3:45, Johnson loads up a dolly with the first two stones, wheels them down a wooden ramp, wiggles them off and leans them against wooden pallets that have been placed on the side of a building.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
Fifteen crew members — twice as many as in a typical Mobile Unit production — were trundling dollies, road boxes and ladders from a library loading dock toward the stage.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 4 June 2024
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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