different between dogly vs dolly

English

Alternative forms

• doggly

Etymology

From Middle English *dogly, *doglich, equivalent dog +? -ly. Compare doglike.

Adjective

dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)

1. Of, like, or pertaining to dogs or the dog family; canine.
   • 1908, Ernest Hamlin Abbott, Lyman Abbott, Francis Rufus Bellamy, The Outlook:

     I had a little dog who practiced all the dogly virtues. He never tried to get into any chairs or on any couches.

   • 1966, Kiplinger's Personal Finance:

     If a chicken invades your garden to steal seed and your dog barks at it in the line of dogly duty, the chicken's owner has the legal right to kill your dog.

Derived terms

• dogliness

Adverb

dogly (comparative more dogly, superlative most dogly)

1. In the manner of a dog.

Anagrams

• Gloyd, Goldy, godly, goldy

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Etymology 1

From doll +? -y, from the given name Dorothy, 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.

Alternative forms

• dollie

Noun

dolly (plural dollies)

1. (childish, colloquial) A doll.
2. A contrivance for stirring:
   1. A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

      Synonym: posser
   2. A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.
3. A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
4. In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.
5. A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.
6. A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.
7. A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.
8. (film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.
9. (slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid. [from 1790s]
   • 1996, Billboard (number 45, page 24)

     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.

10. (slang, Britain, dated) A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions. [1960s]
11. (cricket, dated) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.
12. (gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.

Derived terms

• crab dolly
• dolly grip
• dolly mixture
• dolly bird
• tube dolly

Descendants

• Welsh: doli

Translations

See also

• (small truck): hand truck
• (specialized piece of film equipment): tracking shot

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

Disputed. Most scholars derive the term from doll +? -y, as Etymology 1, above. Linguist Ian Hancock, however, suggests derivation from Italian dolce (“sweet”).

Adjective

dolly (comparative more dolly, superlative most dolly)

1. (Polari) Pretty; attractive.
2. (Yorkshire, especially Sheffield) left-handed (also dolly-handed, dolly-pawed, dolly-posh)

Etymology 3

From Hindi ???? (??l?).

Noun

dolly (plural dollies)

1. (India) An offering of fruit or flowers.

References

Anagrams

• Lloyd, oldly