dolly
pronunciation
How to pronounce dolly in British English:
UK [ˈdɒli]
How to pronounce dolly in American English:
US [ˈdɑli]
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- Noun:
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted
- conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects
- a small replica of a person; used as a toy
Word Origin
- dolly (n.)
- c. 1600, Dolly, a fem. nickname (see doll); 1790 as "child's doll;" applied from 1792 to any contrivance fancied to resemble a dolly in some sense, especially "a small platform on rollers" (1901). Doesn't look like one to me, either, but that's what they say.
Example
- 1. Dolly spent a month touring in tokyo .
- 2. First , we saw a movie about dolly the sheep .
- 3. Dolly : I don 't think it 's realistic .
- 4. And won 't the dolly be sad here ? Not at all , she 's got that tomcat .
- 5. I am my own dolly parton .