1
: a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: such as
a
: a vehicle for transporting something
a boat trailer
especially
: semitrailer sense 1
b
: a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business
c
2
a
: a selected group of scenes that are shown to advertise a movie : preview sense 3
a theatrical trailer
b
: a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel
3
: one that trails
4
: a trailing plant
trailered; trailering; trailers
1
: to live or travel in or with a trailer
2
: to be transportable by trailer
a light boat that trailers easily
: to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer
Examples of trailer in a Sentence
Noun
We helped them load the furniture onto the trailer.
the band packed their equipment back into their trailer and headed off to their next gig
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Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
She and costar Jimmy Tatro can be seen in a confrontation with the movie's villain, Ghostface, in scenes from the film's trailer, as released in October.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2025
The Bureau of Land Management sent a wrangler to rope the colt and trailer him back to a temporary holding pen to reunite with his mother, the agency told McClatchy News in an email.
—Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In the two-minute-long trailer (below), Wake Up Dead Man star Josh O'Connor appears to have found proof of the existence of aliens.
—Debbie Day, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025
She and costar Jimmy Tatro can be seen in a confrontation with the movie's villain, Ghostface, in scenes from the film's trailer, as released in October.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
Talk about an opportune time to trailer his Eilish concert movie before millions.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 23 Nov. 2025
The Bureau of Land Management sent a wrangler to rope the colt and trailer him back to a temporary holding pen to reunite with his mother, the agency told McClatchy News in an email.
—Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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