Associations to the word «Dolly»

DOLLY, noun. A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

DOLLY, noun. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

DOLLY, noun. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

DOLLY, noun. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

DOLLY, noun. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

DOLLY, noun. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

DOLLY, noun. (children, colloquial) A child's name for a doll.

DOLLY, noun. (cricket) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

DOLLY, verb. (transitive) (cricket) To hit a dolly.

DOLLY, verb. To move an object using a dolly.

DOLLY, proper noun. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, and later also of Dolores.

DOLLY, proper noun. (poker) Dolly Parton

DOLLY BIRD, noun. (British) An attractive young woman, especially one whose intellect is rather less in evidence than her good looks.

DOLLY BIRDS, noun. Plural of dolly bird

DOLLY GRIP, noun. (film) A technician trained to use a dolly.

DOLLY GRIPS, noun. Plural of dolly grip

DOLLY KNOT, noun. (UK) a hitch knot used to tension ropes, often for the purpose of securing loads for transport.

DOLLY KNOTS, noun. Plural of dolly knot

DOLLY MIXTURE, noun. Confectionery in the form of a variety of multicoloured soft candies and jelly sweets sold together as a mixture.

DOLLY MIXTURES, noun. Plural of dolly mixture

DOLLY PARTON, noun. (slang) (poker) A nine and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em

DOLLY SHOP, noun. (UK) (obsolete) A shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll.

DOLLY SHOPS, noun. Plural of dolly shop

DOLLY VARDEN, noun. A woman's outfit, briefly fashionable in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usually flowered, dress with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt.

DOLLY VARDEN, noun. Salvelinus malma, a fish in the salmon family.

DOLLY VARDEN CAKE, noun. A highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.

DOLLY VARDEN CAKES, noun. Plural of Dolly Varden cake

DOLLY VARDENS, noun. Plural of Dolly Varden

DOLLY ZOOM, noun. A camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the same size in the frame throughout.

DOLLY ZOOMS, noun. Plural of dolly zoom

DOLLY, noun. Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted.

DOLLY, noun. Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects.

DOLLY, noun. A small replica of a person; used as a toy.