dolly
dolly Lexical Profile
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• noun
A low, wheeled cart or platform used to transport heavy or unwieldy objects, such as furniture, appliances, or boxes.
"The movers strapped the refrigerator to the dolly to safely navigate it down the hallway."
A child's toy representing a human baby or figure; a diminutive and affectionate term for a doll.
"The little girl tightly clutched her favorite dolly as she listened to the bedtime story."
A specialized wheeled platform used in film and television production to mount a camera, allowing for smooth, horizontal tracking shots.
"The grip pushed the dolly quietly along the tracks to keep the actors in frame as they walked down the corridor."
• verb
To move a motion picture or television camera horizontally on a wheeled platform to track a subject or alter the visual perspective.
"The director decided to dolly in on the protagonist's face to emphasize her sudden realization."
• Rhymes for dolly
Word Origin & Etymology
Originated in the mid-16th century as a pet form of the female given name Dorothy. By the 18th century, it was used to refer to a child's toy. The modern mechanical sense of a wheeled platform or cart emerged in the early 20th century.
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