Zoom vs. Dolly — What's the Difference?

To make a continuous low-pitched buzzing or humming sound

(Informal) A child's doll.

To move while making such a sound

A low mobile platform that rolls on casters, used for transporting heavy loads.

To move rapidly

Such a platform as used by one working underneath a motor vehicle.

To increase suddenly and dramatically

A hand truck.

To act or proceed swiftly and energetically

A wheeled apparatus used to transport a movie camera steadily along the ground or along a track.

To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.

A movie shot made by a camera moving steadily on a dolly; a tracking shot.

(Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.

A small locomotive, as for use in a railroad yard or on a construction site.

To cause to zoom.

A wooden implement for stirring clothes in a washtub.

The act or sound of zooming.

A tool used to hold one end of a rivet while the opposite end is being hammered to form a head.

A zoom lens.

A small piece of wood or metal placed on the head of a pile to prevent damage to the pile while it is being driven.

A humming noise from something moving very fast.

To move a dolly in a specified direction

(figurative) A quick ascent.

A doll.

(figurative) A big increase.

(cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.

An augmentation of a view, by varying the focal length of a lens, or digitally.

A contrivance for stirring:

A video teleconferencing call.

A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

To move fast with a humming noise.

A device turned on a vertical axis by a handle or a winch, giving a circular motion to ore being washed.

(aviation) To zoom climb.

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

To move rapidly.

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

To go up sharply.

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

(photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.

A small truck without means of steering, to be slipped under a load.

To manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

To participate in a video teleconferencing call.

(film) A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

Representing a humming sound

(slang) A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid.

Suggesting something moving quickly

A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions.

Suggesting a sudden change, especially an improvement or an increase

A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

A rapid rise

(gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.

The act of rising upward into the air

(India) An offering of fruit or flowers.

Move along very quickly

To hit a dolly.

Move with a low humming noise

(transitive) To move (an object) using a dolly.

Rise rapidly;

(transitive) To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.

(transitive) To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.

(transitive) To crush ore with a dolly.

(Polari) Pretty; attractive.

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A contrivance, turning on a vertical axis by a handle or winch, and giving a circular motion to the ore to be washed; a stirrer.

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

A child's mane for a doll.

Conveyance consisting of a wheeled support on which a camera can be mounted

Conveyance consisting of a wheeled platform for moving heavy objects

A small replica of a person; used as a toy