as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Recent Examples of dolly
The soundless video shows a worker walking toward the black and white colored chopper that has its main rotor blade tied to a dolly.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Just a few doors down, surrounded by insulation and a bent garage door held together by a string, Todd Wright put together a new dolly.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2025
The engine covers and other parts are sorted from supplier containers into dollies, which are then placed adjacent to the assembly line so that employees may easily access them.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, in World of Warcraft, the scroll wheel dollies the camera in and out, changing the view of the game.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2011
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Just a few doors down, surrounded by insulation and a bent garage door held together by a string, Todd Wright put together a new dolly.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 3 Apr. 2025
The engine covers and other parts are sorted from supplier containers into dollies, which are then placed adjacent to the assembly line so that employees may easily access them.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2025
Similarly, in World of Warcraft, the scroll wheel dollies the camera in and out, changing the view of the game.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2011
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly
doll
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The White Lotus star notably popularized Labubu dolls as bag charms in April 2024.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Organized in themes like the baby doll and the slip dress, the book relates fashion to culture, and offers a picture of an industry—and a city—that operated at a different pace.—
Vogue Runway,
Vogue,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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