Dolly

Quick meaning: Dolly is a noun meaning (childish, colloquial) A doll.

Meaning

(childish, colloquial) A doll.

More Meanings

1. (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
2. A contrivance for stirring:
3. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
4. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
5. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
6. A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
7. An unpowered vehicle (trailer) designed for connection to a tractor unit, truck or prime mover vehicle, with strong traction power.

Example Sentences

‘He pushed one of my dolly’s eyes in,’ sobbed Dora, hugging her dolly as she replied.

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.

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.

A, is the steam or air cylinder for forcing the dolly B, hard against the rivet head while rivetting: when used for making rivets the dolly B, is unshipped, and the rivet heading apparatus substituted.

Word Forms

• dollies
• dollie
• dollying
• dollied

Synonyms for dolly

Depending on context, synonyms include doll.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doll, babe, baby, dearie, sweetheart, devil.

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