[dol-ee] 
noun, plural dol⋅lies, verb, dol⋅lied, dol⋅ly⋅ing.| 1. | Informal. a doll. |
| 2. | a low truck or cart with small wheels for moving loads too heavy to be carried by hand. |
| 3. | Movies, Television. a small wheeled platform, usually having a short boom, on which a camera can be mounted for making moving shots. |
| 4. | Machinery. 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. British Informal. an attractive girl or young woman. |
| 10. | (sometimes initial capital letter ) 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). |
| 11. | to transport or convey (a camera) by means of a dolly. |
| 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. |
| dol·ly (dŏl'ē) n. pl. dol·lies
To move the wheeled apparatus on which a movie or television camera is mounted toward or away from the scene of action. |