trolley
trolley noun: a trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. Also the clipping of flatbed trolley.
Noun
trolley (plural trolleys or trollies)
- A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
- A streetcar or light train.
- Gremlinesque behaviour might not be very obvious to an America, who would accept as perfectly natural the quaintly pixilated sayings and doings that are happening in subways, in trolleys, on buses, in bars at all times of the day and night.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 107
- Synonyms:
- tram, trolley car
- A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
- A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
- Synonyms:
- crane trolley, traveling trolley
- A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
- A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
- About a shopping trolley, I thought I'd let ye know. Ya'd try to push it straight but it never seems ta go. Ya'd wobble through the car park, hopping off the cars. Anyone would think ya had a few auld jars.2013 March 15, “The Shopping Trolley” (track 10), in Horsing Around, performed by Richie Kavanagh
- A hand truck.
- A soapbox car.
- A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
- A handcar.
Verb
trolley (third-person singular simple present trolleys, present participle trolleying, simple past and past participle trolleyed or trollied)
- To bring to by trolley.
- To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
- To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).
Also used as
trolley is also the clipping of flatbed trolley.
trolley meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
trolley in Hindi
- ट्रॉली, ट्राली
trolley in Tamil
- டிராலி, ட்ராலி
trolley in Marathi
- ट्रॉली, ट्राली, ट्रॉलीला
trolley in Urdu
- ٹرالی, ٹرولی
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- trolley in Bengali
- ট্রলি
- trolley in Telugu
- ట్రాలీ, ట్రోలీ
- trolley in Malayalam
- ട്രോളി, ട്രോളിക്ക്
- trolley in Kannada
- ಟ್ರಾಲಿ, ಟ್ರಾಲಿಯು, ಟ್ರೋಲಿ
- trolley in Punjabi
- ਟਰਾਲੀ, ਟ੍ਰਾਲੀ, ਟਰਾੱਲੀ
- trolley in Gujarati
- ટ્રોલી, ટ્રૉલી
- trolley in Odia
- ଟ୍ରଲି, ଟ୍ରୋଲି
- trolley in Nepali
- ट्राली, ट्रली, ट्रोली
Examples of trolley in a sentence
- Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?
- Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
- Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
Synonyms of trolley
- tram
- trolley car
- crane trolley
- traveling trolley
Forms of trolley
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | trolleys |
| plural | trollies |
| alternative form | trolly |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | trolleys |
| present participle | trolleying |
| past participle | trolleyed |
| past | trolleyed |
| past participle | trollied |
| past | trollied |
Origin of trolley
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
Words formed from trolley
- banquet trolley
- catering trolley
- crash trolley
- drinks trolley
- hand trolley
- hostess trolley
- hydrolley
- luggage trolley
- off one's trolley
- pump-trolley
- pump trolley
- shopping trolley
- tea trolley
- trolley bag
- trolleybus
- trolley bus
- trolley cloth
- trolley dash
- trolley dolly
- trolleyer
- trolleyful
- trolley jack
- trolley lace
- trolleyless
- trolleylike
- trolleyman
- trolleyological
- trolleyology
- trolley park
- trolley problem
- trolley trasher
- trolley off
Phrases with trolley
- trolley car
- trolley cars
- trolley pole
- trolley buses
- trolley jacks
- trolley laces
- trolley parks
- trolley poles
- trolley busses
- trolley dashes
- trolley dodger
- flatbed trolley
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Words that rhyme with trolley
Questions about trolley
- What does trolley mean?
- Trolley means a trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
- What is trolley in Hindi?
- Trolley in Hindi is ट्रॉली, ट्राली. See Trolley meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trolley?
- Trolley can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of trolley?
- The plural of trolley is trolleys.
Words near trolley in the dictionary
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