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trolley

trol·ley [ tróllee ]


noun  (plural trol·leys)
Definition:
 
1. transportation 
Same as  trolley bus


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

3. food can wheeled table: a small wheeled table used for serving or moving food and drinks

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


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

6. industry suspended truck: a small cart or basket suspended from an overhead rail and used, especially in factories and mines, for transporting loads

7. U.K. medicine 
Same as  gurney




transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle trol·leyed, present participle trol·ley·ing, 3rd person present singular trol·leys)
Definition:
 
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

[Early 19th century. Probably <troll1 "roll"]
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