dolly
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- Rhymes: -ɒli
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dolly (plural dollies)
- 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.
- A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
- In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
- A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- (filmology) A specialized piece of film equipment that looks like a little car to which a camera is mounted.
- (children, colloquial): A child's name for a doll.
- (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
- a female who looks as attractive as a doll
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to dolly (third-person singular simple present dollies, present participle dollying, simple past and past participle dollied)
- (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
- To move an object using a dolly.

