dolly

Wheeled moving platform

A dolly is a small platform on wheels used for moving heavy objects: We loaded the refrigerator onto a dolly.

In film and television, a dolly is a wheeled platform that carries a camera for smooth tracking shots—to dolly is to move the camera this way: The director wanted to dolly in slowly on the actor's face.

Dolly is also a child's word for a doll. (Capitalized Dolly is a given name.)

transport

wheeled

Having round rollers attached

appliance · furniture · moving · load · haul · warehouse · stage · equipment · heavy · manual

cinema

tracking

Monitoring location over time

zoom · cinematography · tripod · jib · grip · filmmaking · scene · take · angle · track

toy

figurine

Small ornamental sculpture

collectible · porcelain · antique · ragdoll · dollhouse · dress-up · accessories · clothing · vintage · handmade

Categories
Opposites
toy type/play style

dollyaction figure

Poseable character toy

toy soldier · toy gun · building blocks · video game · sports equipment

material handling method

dollyhand-carrying

Transporting in your grip

dragging · bare hands · brute force

equipment scale/power

dollyforklift

Powered pallet-hoisting vehicle

crane · hand-carrying · pallet jack · conveyor belt · freight elevator

Phrases
Family

doll, dollies, dollied

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G