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.