DOLLY


Meaning of DOLLY in English

n., v., & adj.

--n. (pl. -ies)

1. a child's name for a doll.

2 a movable platform for a cine-camera.

3 Cricket colloq. an easy catch or hit.

4 a stick for stirring in clothes-washing.

5 corn dolly (see CORN(1)).

6 colloq. dolly-bird.

--v. (-ies, -ied)

1. tr. (foll. by up) dress up smartly.

2 intr. (foll. by in, up) move a cine-camera in or up to a subject, or out from it.

--adj. (dollier, dolliest)

1. Brit. colloq. (esp. of a girl) attractive, stylish.

2 Cricket colloq. easily hit or caught.

Phrases and idioms:

dolly-bird Brit. colloq. an attractive and stylish young woman. dolly mixture any of a mixture of small variously shaped and coloured sweets.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.