Dolly
Dolly noun - A small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything.
Usage example: my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Figure and dolly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figure" instead a noun "Dolly".
Figure
Figure noun - A small statue.
Usage example: painted wooden figures by untrained artists can be quite valuable on today's antiques market
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The famous long dolly shot that opens Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon was filmed by having the actor walk a figure eight path that crossed the dolly tracks twice.
Source: Circular Drive -
Circular Drive: The famous long dolly shot at the beginning was achieved by having the actor walk in a figure eight pattern that crossed the dolly tracks twice.
Source: Film / Rashomon - Dolly Parton wrote it when she and Porter Wagoner dissolved their professional relationship and she was very broken up about it because Wagoner was her mentor, a father figure, and her closest friend.
Source: Isn't It Ironic?
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Figure and Dolly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolly/figure
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Figure or Dolly. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dolly/figure.
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