trolley
Noun

trolley (plural trollies)

  1. (Australian, New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
  2. (British) A hand truck.
  3. (British) A soapbox car.
  4. (British) A gurney.
  5. A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line usually for a tram or streetcar. Usually called a trolley pole.
  6. (US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
  7. (US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
  8. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
  9. A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
Translations Translations Verb

trolley (trolleys, present participle trolleying; past and past participle trolleyed)

  1. To bring to by trolley.
  2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.



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