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DOLLY
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Irregular inflected form: dollied
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small replica of a person; used as a toy
Synonyms:
doll; dolly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dolly" is a kind of...):
plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dolly"):
golliwog; golliwogg (a grotesque black doll)
kachina (a carved doll wearing the costume of a particular Pueblo spirit; usually presented to a child as a gift)
paper doll (a piece of paper cut or folded into the shape of a human being)
puppet (a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers)
rag doll (a cloth doll that is stuffed and (usually) painted)
sawdust doll (a doll that is stuffed with sawdust)
toy soldier (a doll that resembles a soldier)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dolly" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("dolly" is a kind of...):
conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb dolly
