dolly

noun20

1. •
   a small low cart that runs on one wide roller instead of wheels, used in building bridges to move heavy beams and columns
2. •
   A moving dolly; a small, flat, rectangular platform on wheels, made to be slipped under a piece of furniture or other load.
3. •
   a short trailer that supports the front end of another trailer, so that one truck can pull two or more trailers in a line
4. •
   A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
5. •
   Synonym of hand truck (an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end).
6. •
   (informal) a small toy made to look like a baby or a person, which a child plays with

   • ‘He pushed one of my dolly’s eyes in,’ sobbed Dora, hugging her dolly as she replied. — 1867
7. •
   (slang) a young woman, especially one seen as silly and interested only in having fun

   • This glorious collection should be passed around clubland as a textbook study in making a seamless transition from being a disco dolly to a serious pop vocalist. — 1996
8. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.

   • Spotlight on the other hand is remarkable for prices and skirt lengths to suit the teenyboppers[…] Appeal: to a lunchtime horde of date-going dollies who cannot really afford another dress. — 1969
9. •
   a ball hit gently up to a fielder in cricket, so that it is very easy to catch
10. •
    a metal tool with a small hollow in its end, held against a rivet while the rivet is hit so that the hollow gives the rivet's head its shape
11. •
    a block placed on top of a large post that a machine is driving into the ground, so that the machine's heavy falling weight hits the block and not the post
12. •
    a tool with legs or blades fixed to the lower end of an upright handle, turned in a tub of water to stir and wash the clothes or ore inside
13. •
    A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

    • LAUNDRY. 1 Dolly tub and pegs 2 Mangle 3 Washing machine — 1840
14. •
    A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.

    • The dolly tub or rinsing bucket, fig. 630., has an upright shaft which bears the vane or dolly a b, turned by the winch handle. — 1840
15. •
    a small locomotive that runs on narrow railroad tracks, often used to pull cars at building sites or to move cars from one track to another
16. •
    a short round wooden block that pastry is pressed around to give a pie crust its shape
17. •
    a small object that the person running a roulette game sets on the winning number to show which number won
18. •
    (India) a gift of fruit, flowers or sweets that is usually arranged on a tray and given to show respect, often to an official

    • In some parts of India the dolly has grown into an extravagance consisting sometimes of bushels of fruit, nuts, and confectionery, with bottles of champagne and liqueurs. — 1891
19. •
    Ellipsis of dolly shop.
20. •
    (no longer used) a gambling device with a small figure in the shape of an old man and a spiral hole that sends a dropped marble into one of several numbered holes

verb7

1. •
   To move (an object) using a dolly.
2. •
   To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.
3. •
   To make somebody or something look attractive.
4. •
   To hit a dolly.
5. •
   To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
6. •
   To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
7. •
   To crush ore with a dolly.

adjective2

1. •
   Pretty; attractive.

   • She minces past the brandy latch / to vada dolly dish for trade, silly / with oomph and taste to park. — 2015
2. •
   Left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh).

noun2

1. •
   Ellipsis of Dolly Parton.
2. •
   Ellipsis of Dolly Varden trout.