dolly
IPA: dˈɑɫi
noun
- (childish, colloquial) A doll.
- (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
- A contrivance for stirring:
- A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
- A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
- 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 small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
- A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
- (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
- (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
- (slang, UK, dated) A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.
- (cricket, dated) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
- (gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
- (India) An offering of fruit or flowers.
- A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy, Dolores, or Doris.
- (poker) Ellipsis of Dolly Parton. [(slang, poker) A nine and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.]
- Ellipsis of Dolly Varden trout. [A salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.]
verb
- (transitive, cricket) To hit a dolly.
- (transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.
- (transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
- (transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
- (transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.
adjective
- (Polari) Pretty; attractive.
- (Yorkshire, especially Sheffield) left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh)
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Examples of "dolly" in Sentences
- The event was subsequently known as Dolly's Brae.
- The most productive mine was the Dolly Hyde mine.
- I hadn't the heart to delete Dolly the sheep though.
- He was the youngest of five children to Harold and Dolly.
- Yonkers is one of the settings in the musical Hello Dolly
- The center of Dolly became fully exposed and the storm weakened.
- The Charleston became a full model in 1981 and the Dolly in 1985.
- In the article, it states that Floyd is the sister of Dolly Parton.
- He was inspired by the leaked music of The Dolly Rockers and Kerli.
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