/dol"ee/ , n. , pl. dollies , v. , dollied, dollying .
n.
1. Informal. a doll.
2. a low truck or cart with small wheels for moving loads too heavy to be carried by hand.
3. Motion Pictures , Television. a small wheeled platform, usually having a short boom, on which a camera can be mounted for making moving shots.
4. Mach. a tool for receiving and holding the head of a rivet while the other end is being headed.
5. a block placed on the head of a pile being driven to receive the shock of the blows.
6. a small locomotive operating on narrow-gauge tracks, esp. in quarries, construction sites, etc.
7. a short, wooden pole with a hollow dishlike base for stirring clothes while laundering them.
8. Slang. a tablet of Dolophine.
9. Also called dolly bird . Brit. Informal. an attractive girl or young woman.
10. ( sometimes cap. ) Slang. an affectionate or familiar term of address (sometimes offensive when used to strangers, casual acquaintances, subordinates, etc., esp. by a male to a female).
v.t.
11. to transport or convey (a camera) by means of a dolly.
v.i.
12. to move a camera on a dolly, esp. toward or away from the subject being filmed or televised (often fol. by in or out ): to dolly in for a close-up.
[ 1600-10; 1900-05 for def. 9; DOLL + -Y 2 ]