Informal . a doll.

a low truck or cart with small wheels for moving loads too heavy to be carried by hand.

Movies, Television . a small wheeled platform, usually having a short boom, on which a camera can be mounted for making moving shots.

Machinery . a tool for receiving and holding the head of a rivet while the other end is being headed.

a block placed on the head of a pile being driven to receive the shock of the blows.

a small locomotive operating on narrow-gauge tracks, esp. in quarries, construction sites, etc.

a short, wooden pole with a hollow dishlike base for stirring clothes while laundering them.

Slang . a tablet of Dolophine.

Also called dolly bird. British Informal . an attractive girl or young woman.

( sometimes initial capital letter ) Slang . an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).

to transport or convey (a camera) by means of a dolly.

to move a camera on a dolly, esp. toward or away from the subject being filmed or televised (often fol. by in or out )

to dolly in for a close-up.

noun

carrier , cart , pushcart , car , locomotive , parton , tool , truck