dolly

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noun

dol·ly ˈdä-lē

ˈdȯ-lē

plural dollies

Synonyms of dolly next

: doll

: a wooden-pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub

: a compact narrow-gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching

: a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters for moving heavy objects

: a wheeled platform for a television or motion-picture camera

dolly

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verb

dollied; dollying

transitive verb

: to treat with a dolly

: to move or convey on a dolly

intransitive verb

: to move a motion-picture 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

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Plus, due to its weight, setup required several people and a dolly to move it around. —

Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023 Surveillance video indicates the suspect broke into the gallery's entrance through a driveway gate, using a dolly to transport the statue onto a truck in a timeframe of 25 minutes. —

Adam Sabes, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2023 The individual, who remains unidentified, used a dolly and ropes to remove the statue from among hundreds of other ancient art pieces housed at the gallery and into the van before driving away. —

Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 The grips, working in religious silence, position the camera on a dolly for a tracking shot. —

Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023 The computers and a dolly were just kind of like rigged to this machine. —

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2023 There were no dollies, tripods, or other equipment — only a handheld camera with the actors. —

Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2023 The back doors roll up, and a crew of delivery workers begins sorting and stacking hundreds of boxes and pouches onto rolling dollies and hand trucks. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 May 2023 Best Cinematography featured a brief lesson about Spike Lee and Ernest Dickerson’s use of the dolly and Orson Welles and Gregg Toland’s use of low angles. —

Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023 See More

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