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dollying

dollying is the present participle and gerund of dolly.

Meaning of dolly

Verb

dolly (third-person singular simple present dollies, present participle dollying, simple past and past participle dollied)

  1. (transitive) To hit a dolly.
  2. (transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.
  3. (intransitive) To move a camera (usually toward or away from its subject) using a dolly.
  4. (transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.
  5. (transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.
  6. (transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.

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Questions about dollying

What is dollying the present participle and gerund of?
Dollying is the present participle and gerund of dolly.

Words near dollying in the dictionary

  1. dolly-boy
  2. dolly-boys
  3. dolly-mop
  4. dollybird
  5. dollybirds
  6. dollying
  7. dollyman
  8. dollymen
  9. dollymop
  10. dollymops
  11. Dollys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dollying (page history and authors); dolly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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