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# dolly

noun (a dolly, dollies); adjective (UK slang — dolly bird, old)

«dolly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A dolly is a child's word for a doll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#m1)
2. A dolly is a small low platform with wheels for moving heavy things or for moving a film camera smoothly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#m2)
3. (UK, cricket) A dolly or dolly catch is a very easy catch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#m3)
4. (old UK slang, sexist) A «dolly bird» was a rude-ish old word for a pretty young woman; it is not polite now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#m4)

### In the lessons

In little children's play; in film-making and moving house; in cricket commentary. Tells the reader of play, or of moving something heavy carefully. Phrases: rag dolly, dolly catch, camera dolly, dolly mixtures (a UK sweet).

### Examples

- My little sister carries her rag dolly everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x1)
- The movers used a dolly to wheel the fridge out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x2)
- The camera moved on a dolly along the track. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x3)
- (UK, cricket) He dropped a dolly and the crowd groaned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x4)
- We bought a bag of dolly mixtures at the shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x5)
- She tucked her dolly into the toy pram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/#x6)

### Note

Plural dollies (y becomes ies). «Dolly» is cosier and more babyish than «doll». Dolly the sheep (1996) was the first mammal cloned from an adult cell — a name. Avoid «dolly bird»: it treats women as decorations.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dolly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dolly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolly.html) on Mova free.