dolly
/ˈdɑli/ verb C2- To hit a dolly.
- To move (an object) using a dolly.
- To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) 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.
- To make somebody or something look attractive.
He/she/it dollies · Past dollied · Past participle dollied · -ing form dollying
Verb forms
- Base form
- dolly
- He/she/it
- dollies
- Past
- dollied
- Past participle
- dollied
- -ing form
- dollying
From the library
For I mean to grow as little as the dolly at the helm,
And the dolly I intend to come alive;
For beside the dolly sailor, I'm to voyage and explore,
To land upon the island where no dolly was before,
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