plural dollies
1
: doll
2
: a wooden-pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub
3
: a compact narrow-gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching
4
a
: a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters for moving heavy objects
b
: a wheeled platform for a television or movie camera
dollied; dollying
: to move a movie or television camera about on a dolly while shooting a scene
also, of a camera
: to be moved on a dolly
Examples of dolly in a Sentence
Noun
We'll need a dolly to move the refrigerator.
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Crowds formed behind barricades; cameras mounted on dollies glided above fashion insiders, who flitted around like exotic fish in a gilded aquarium.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The vehicle barriers resemble massive metal dollies that can be rolled to different locations.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The clever bit is that neither truck nor trailer requires modification to accept the dolly, which connects to a truck’s standard fifth-wheel hitch but supplies a smart kingpin.
—Ian Baker
july 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2025
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Noun
Then the chandelier behind was real explosions, the camera team moving the dolly in sequence with Alex [Lawther] acting in the foreground of the whole thing going off in what was essentially one or two seconds.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
Crowds formed behind barricades; cameras mounted on dollies glided above fashion insiders, who flitted around like exotic fish in a gilded aquarium.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The vehicle barriers resemble massive metal dollies that can be rolled to different locations.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The clever bit is that neither truck nor trailer requires modification to accept the dolly, which connects to a truck’s standard fifth-wheel hitch but supplies a smart kingpin.
—Ian Baker
july 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2025
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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