dolly

Meanings

Noun

• A doll.
• A contrivance for stirring:
• A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
• In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
• A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
• A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
• A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
• A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
• A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
• A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.
• A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
• A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
• An offering of fruit or flowers.

Verb

• To hit a dolly.
• To move (an object) using a dolly.
• To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
• To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
• To crush ore with a dolly.

Adjective

• Pretty; attractive.
• left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh){{cite book

Origin

• From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices.
• Disputed. Most scholars derive the term from doll + -y, as Etymology 1, above.
• From Hindi डाली.