doll, dolly
(noun) a small replica of a person; used as a toy
dolly
(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
dolly
(noun) conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dolly (plural dollies)
(childish, colloquial) A doll.
A contrivance for stirring
A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
Synonym: posser
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. [from 1790s]
(slang, UK, dated) A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions. [1960s]
(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.
dolly (third-person singular simple present dollies, present participle dollying, simple past and past participle dollied)
(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.
dolly (comparative more dolly, superlative most dolly)
(Polari) Pretty; attractive.
dolly (plural dollies)
(India) An offering of fruit or flowers.
• Lloyd, oldly
Dolly
A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy, Dolores.
Dolly (plural Dollies)
(poker) Ellipsis of Dolly Parton.
Ellipsis of Dolly Varden trout.
• Lloyd, oldly
Source: Wiktionary
Dol"ly, n.; pl. Dollies (.
1. (Mining)
Definition: 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.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. Knight.
3. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
4. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
5. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
Dol"ly, n.
Definition: A child's mane for a doll. Dolly shop, a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. [England]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
