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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A streetcar or light train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: tram, trolley car
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noun
A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, colloquial
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noun
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: crane trolley, traveling trolley
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noun
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK
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noun
Clipping of flatbed trolley.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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noun
A hand truck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A soapbox car.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
A handcar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
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verb
To bring to by trolley.
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verb
To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: self-propelled vehicle
Narrower terms: horsecar
History
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
