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| trol·ley [ tróllee ] |
noun (plural trol·leys) |
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1. transportation
Same as trolley bus
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2. electricity device collecting power from overhead wire: a device carried at the end of a pole that collects current from an overhead electric wire in order to power a vehicle
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3. food can wheeled table: a small wheeled table used for serving or moving food and drinks
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4. Canada wheeled cart pushed by hand: a wheeled cart that is pushed by hand and used for transporting things, especially luggage at an airport or railroad station or goods in a supermarket.
U.S. term cart
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5. vehicles wagon on rails for moving things: a small open cart that runs on rails and carries materials, especially goods in a factory or coal or other minerals in a mine or quarry
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6. industry suspended truck: a small cart or basket suspended from an overhead rail and used, especially in factories and mines, for transporting loads
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7. U.K. medicine
Same as gurney
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle trol·leyed, present participle trol·ley·ing, 3rd person present singular trol·leys) |
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move by trolley: to travel by or transport something using a wheeled cart on a track or a vehicle powered by electrical current from overhead wires
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| [Early 19th century. Probably <troll1 "roll"] |
