trailer

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noun

trail·​er ˈtrā-lər How to pronounce trailer (audio)
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
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

trailer

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verb

trailered; trailering; trailers

intransitive verb

1
: to live or travel in or with a trailer
2
: to be transportable by trailer
a light boat that trailers easily

transitive verb

: to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer
trailerable adjective
trailering noun

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
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2024 By the end of the trailer, the character has applied full marionette corpsepaint to his face and donned a black trench coat, marching gun in hand, towards his foes. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024 After years of stops and starts, The Crow reboot is finally flying and now has the first trailer to prove it. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024 The new trailer shows Eric come back from the dead to get his bloody revenge. Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024 In the trailer, some inmates discuss the fear of one inmate ruining it for everyone — and a possible power struggle ensues. Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024 On one occasion the Nio moved from the outside of a highway into the middle lane, and seemed to be getting very close to a container truck with an empty trailer, leading me to question whether the system was actually sensing the trailer part or not. Mark Andrews, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024 In her own Instagram post, Minogue celebrated the news with a candid picture of her stepping out of a trailer in an emerald green gown. Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2024 The site has 60 rudimentary tiny homes and 40 trailers, and is governed by a nonprofit contracted through the city. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
Verb
While there are dirt bike and motocross tracks in suburbs of many cities, including Baltimore, access is limited to people who have the resources to trailer their dirt bikes to the track, says Dr. Drewery. Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2023 Those who own 2021 Escalades with Super Cruise and an active Super Cruise plan can get the automatic lane change software update, plus a new trailering capability so owners can trailer their boat, camper and more while driving hands-free. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2022 Anglers will trailer their catches roughly 60 miles to daily weigh-ins set for Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Matt Williams, Dallas News, 6 June 2020 The holder also has comfortable knob disconnects for trailering boats to and from the water. : Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 7 May 2020 On the day of departure, Andy picked Joe and me up at 3 a.m. in his mom’s minivan, trailering a camper with a bumper sticker that read: LIFESTYLES OF THE POOR AND UNKNOWN. The Editors, Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2020 Most important to Sierra HD owners is trailering capability, and GMC answers their needs with the available ProGrade Trailering System. Tim Spell, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020 That is not true of trailers and trailered boats that may have internal ballast tanks. Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2019 This means that after trailering boats, and before getting on the road, boaters must pull plugs, drain water and remove plants and debris. Maryann Struman, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb

1938, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of trailer was in 1590

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Cite this Entry

“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

trailer

noun
trail·​er
ˈtrā-lər
1
: one that trails
2
a
: a vehicle designed to be hauled (as by a tractor)
b
: a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a dwelling or as a place of business
3

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