dolly

Etymology 1
From, from the given name , 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. 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.

Noun

 * 1)  A doll.
 * 2)  A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.
 * 3) A contrivance for stirring:
 * 4) A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.
 * 5) A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
 * 6) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.
 * 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 beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
 * 9) A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
 * 10) A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
 * 11)  A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
 * 12)  A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
 * 13)  A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.
 * 14)  A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
 * 15)  A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
 * 16)  An old gambling device, found in dolly shops, 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.
 * 1)  A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
 * 2)  A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.
 * 3)  A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.
 * 4)  A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
 * 5)  A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
 * 6)  An old gambling device, found in dolly shops, 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.
 * 1)  A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
 * 2)  A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.
 * 3)  An old gambling device, found in dolly shops, 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.

Translations

 * Finnish: iskutyyny


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Korean:
 * Polish: wózek transportowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , до́лли
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: kameravaunu
 * Russian: опера́торская теле́жка


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1)  To hit a dolly.
 * 2)  To move (an object) using a dolly.
 * 3)  To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
 * 4)  To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
 * 5)  To crush ore with a dolly.

Etymology 2
Disputed. Most scholars derive the term from, as Etymology 1, above. Linguist Ian Hancock, however, suggests derivation from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pretty; attractive.
 * 2)  left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh)
 * 1)  left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh)
 * 1)  left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh)

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  An offering of fruit or flowers.