plural dollies
1
: doll
2
: a wooden-pronged instrument for beating and stirring clothes in the process of washing them in a tub
3
: a compact narrow-gauge railroad locomotive for moving construction trains and for switching
4
a
: a platform on a roller or on wheels or casters for moving heavy objects
b
: a wheeled platform for a television or movie camera
dollied; dollying
: to move a movie or television camera about on a dolly while shooting a scene
also, of a camera
: to be moved on a dolly
Examples of dolly in a Sentence
Noun
We'll need a dolly to move the refrigerator.
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
The Goguette cabinet is a more permanent piece of home appliancery that took two of us and a dolly just to move it across the dining room.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
In their new 2026 Bud Light ad, the three are at a wedding when a keg of Bud Light slips off a dolly and rolls down a steep hill.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Noun
The most audacious element was a free-hanging cable dolly system that carried a camera operator nearly the full height of Taipei 101.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
The Goguette cabinet is a more permanent piece of home appliancery that took two of us and a dolly just to move it across the dining room.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
In their new 2026 Bud Light ad, the three are at a wedding when a keg of Bud Light slips off a dolly and rolls down a steep hill.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.
—Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dolly. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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