DOLLY

I. noun (plural dollies) Date: 1790 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, 4. a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters for moving heavy objects, a wheeled platform for a television or motion-picture camera, II. verb (dollied; ~ing) Date: 1878 transitive verb to treat with a ~, to move or convey on a ~, intransitive verb to move a motion-picture or television camera about on a ~ while shooting a scene