Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 9 compound words that contain dolly. The most common are listed below. Open dolly in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- Dolly Varden troutA salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.
- trolley dollyA female flight attendant.
- dolly zoomA camera effect that appears to undermine normal visual perception, achieved by using the setting of a zoom lens to adjust the field of view while the camera dollies towards or away from the subject in such a way as to keep the subject the …
- Dolly VardenA woman's outfit, briefly fashionable in Britain and America in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usually flowered, dress with a polonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separate underskirt.
- doughnut dollyA female volunteer for the American Red Cross providing support to servicemen.
- corn dollyA traditional figure made from straw, associated with pre-industrial harvest customs of Europe.
- dolly gripA technician trained to use a dolly.
- dolly blueA bluing (an agent used in laundering).
- dolly knota hitch knot used to tension ropes, often for the purpose of securing loads for transport.
- dolly mixtureconfectionery in the form of a variety of multicoloured soft candies and jelly sweets sold together as a mixture.
- dolly shotA tracking shot.
- dolly mixturesplural of dolly mixture: confectionery in the form of a variety of multicoloured soft candies and jelly sweets sold together as a mixture.
- Dolly PartonA nine and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- brolly dollySynonym of grid girl: A hostess at a motor racing event.
- Dolly Varden cakeA highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.
- Dolly Varden crabA crab of the species Hepatus epheliticus.
- Dolly DaydreamA girl or woman given to daydreaming.
- desert dollyA wheeled platform for moving heavy lamps over difficult terrain.
- dolly tubA wash tub.
- dolly-boyA toyboy; a gigolo.
- crab dollyA camera dolly whose front wheels steer in the same direction as the rear wheels.
- dolly gripsplural of dolly grip: A technician trained to use a dolly.
- dolly knotsplural of dolly knot: a hitch knot used to tension ropes, often for the purpose of securing loads for transport.
- dolly shotsplural of dolly shot: A tracking shot.
- dolly-birdAlternative spelling of dolly bird.
Compound words 9
- dollierOne who dollies.
- zollyA dolly zoom.
- dollinessThe quality of being like a doll.
- dollymanThe man who operates a dolly (cart on which a camera is mounted).
- dollybirdAlternative form of dolly bird.
- dollymopAn amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.
- dollybirdsplural of dollybird
- dollymenplural of dollyman: The man who operates a dolly (cart on which a camera is mounted).
- dollymopsplural of dollymop: An amateur, often part-time, female prostitute in 19th-century London.