From en.wiktionary.org:
[Dolly]
** English
[en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from the given name [en], originally applied either to a woman or
female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of
contrivances or devices.[1] The _Online Etymology Dictionary_, while
considering the reason for applying it to such devices unobvious, compares how
the names _jack_, _jenny_ and _jimmy_ are also applied to devices.[2]
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A doll .
2. * [en]
3. [en] A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when mold ing pie crust .
4. A contrivance for stirring:
1. A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch , giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
5. * [en]
5. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet .
6. * [en]
7. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
8. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beam s, column s, etc., in bridge building.
9. A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
10. An unpowered vehicle (trailer) designed for connection to a tractor unit, truck or prime mover vehicle, with strong traction power.
11. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
12. [en] A specialize d piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
13. [en] A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid . [from 1790s] [3]
14. * [en]
15. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1996 | journal=Billboard | issue=45 | page=24
|passage=This glorious collection should be passed around clubland as a
textbook study in making a seamless transition from being a disco DOLLY to a
serious pop vocalist.}}
1. [en] A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions. [1960s]
2. * [en]
3. [en] A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch .
4. [en] A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette .
5. [en] .
6. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1851 | year_published=1861 | author=w:Henry Mayhew | title=w:London Labour and the London Poor
|passage=There’s 2d. a week to pay for 1s. at a DOLLY, and perhaps an old
rug left for it; if it’s very hard weather, the rug must be taken at night
time, or we are starved with the cold. It sometimes has to be put into the
DOLLY again next morning, and then there’s 2d. to pay for it for the day.}}
1. [en] An old gambling device, found in dolly shop s, with the figure of an old man or "dolly", and a spiral hole down which a dropped marble would proceed to one of a set of numbered holes.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
- [cy]
***** Translations
[doll]
[contrivance giving a circular motion to ore to be washed] [trans-bottom]
[tool for shaping the head of a rivet] [trans-bottom]
[pile driving: block between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[small truck]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi] [term not specific to bridge construction]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[dollytrailer]
- French: [fr]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[compact, narrow-gauge locomotive]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[filming: camera cart]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[frivolous or vapid young woman]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket: ball that goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch]
[trans-bottom]
***** See also
[wikipedia]
- [small truck] [en]
- [specialized piece of film equipment] [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To hit a dolly.
2. [en] To move (an object) using a dolly.
3. [en] To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.
4. [en] To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
5. [en] To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
6. [en] To crush ore with a dolly.
***** Derived terms
[en]
*** Etymology 2
Disputed. Most scholars derive the term from [en], as Etymology 1,
above.[4]<ref name="Green"/> Linguist Ian Hancock, however, suggests
derivation from [en].[5]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Pretty ; attractive .
2. * {{ quote-av
|en |year=1967 |writer=Kenneth Horne |title=Bona Bijou Tourettes |series=Round
the Horne |season=3 |number=12 |passage=Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny
drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and DOLLY little palones trolling by,
or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed -
your riah getting bleached by the soleil. }}
1. * {{ quote-journal
|en |date=2015-10-12 |author=Adam Lowe |title=Poem of the week: Vada That
|journal=The Guardian
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/oct/12/poem-of-the-week-vada-that-by-adam-lowe
|passage=She minces past the brandy latch / to vada DOLLY dish for trade,
silly / with oomph and taste to park. }}
1. [en] left-handed (also _dolly-handed_ , _dolly-pawed_ , _dolly-posh_ ) [6]
*** Etymology 3
From [en].[7]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An offering of fruit or flower s.
2. * [en]
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** References
References:
[1]. dolly, n. [1] [R:New English Dictionary]
[2]. [R:Etymonline]
[3]. [id=izns2ha]
[4]. [year=1990]
[5]. [year=1984]
[6]. {{ cite-book
| last=Stoddart
| first=Jana
| last2=Upton
| first2=Clive
| last3=Widdowson
| first3=J.D.A.
| year=1999
| chapter=Sheffield dialect in the 1990s: revisiting the concept of NORMs
| pages=72–89
| title=Urban Voices
| location=London
| publisher=Arnold
< !-- | pages=78-79-->
}}
[7]. dolly, n. [2] [R:New English Dictionary]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en] [en]