different between zolly vs colly

English

Etymology

Blend of zoom +? dolly

Noun

zolly (plural zollies)

1. A dolly zoom.
   • 2005, Wendy Tumminello, Exploring Storyboarding (page 51)

     In Jaws, Spielberg used the zolly effect when Brody witnesses a little boy eaten by the shark. Brody is sitting on the beach and as the camera dollies toward him, the zoom lens is pulled back.

English

Etymology

From Middle English cole (“coal”) + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?li/
• Homophones: collie, cauli

Adjective

colly (comparative collier, superlative colliest)

1. (Britain, dialect) black as coal
   • 1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas

     four colly birds

Verb

colly (third-person singular simple present collies, present participle collying, simple past and past participle collied)

1. (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal

   • Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard

Translations

Noun

colly (plural collies)

1. (Britain, dialect) Soot.
2. (Britain, dialect) A blackbird
3. (dated) Alternative spelling of collie

See also

• collywobbles