dolly

Other forms of dolly

plural

dollies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dolly

What does dolly mean?

dolly means "conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dolly?

dolly has 2 syllables: dol-ly. The stress falls on "dol". In IPA it is /ˈdɑli/.

What is another word for dolly?

Close synonyms include doll. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dolly a common word?

dolly is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dolly?

1 word rhymes with dolly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.