DOLLY (dollied)

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Irregular inflected form: dollied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dolly mean? 

• DOLLY (noun)
  The noun DOLLY has 3 senses:

1. conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted

2. conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects

3. a small replica of a person; used as a toy

  Familiarity information: DOLLY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOLLY (noun)

Sense 1

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)

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:

A small replica of a person; used as a toy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

doll; dolly

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)

 Context examples 

Dolly, the first cloned mammal, was born in 1998.

(Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai, Wikinews)

If anyone had known the care lavished on that dolly, I think it would have touched their hearts, even while they laughed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)