English Explanatory Dictionary

trolley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
  2. A streetcar or light train.
  3. A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
  4. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
  5. A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
  6. A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
  7. Clipping of flatbed trolley.
  8. A hand truck.
  9. A soapbox car.
  10. A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
  11. A handcar.
verb
  1. To bring to by trolley.
  2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
  3. To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).

Pronunciation

en-au-trolley.ogg

Word forms

trolley trolleys trollies trolly trolleying trolleyed trollied

Etymology

Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).

Synonyms

tram trolley car crane trolley traveling trolley

Derived words

banquet trolley catering trolley crash trolley drinks trolley hand trolley hostess trolley luggage trolley off one's trolley pump-trolley pump trolley shopping trolley tea trolley trolley bag trolley bus trolleybus trolley cloth trolley dash trolley dolly trolley jack trolley lace trolley park trolley problem trolley trasher trolley off
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