trolley

noun

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trol·ley | \ ˈträ-lē

variants: or less commonly trolly

plural trolleys also trollies

Definition of trolley

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : a streetcar powered electrically through a trolley

— called also trolley car

b : a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an electrically driven vehicle

2 : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track

3 chiefly British : a cart or wheeled stand used for conveying something (such as food or books)

4 dialectal, England : a cart of any of various kinds

trolley

verb

variants: or less commonly trolly

trolleyed also trollied; trolleying also trollying

Definition of trolley (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to convey by a trolley

intransitive verb

: to ride on a trolley

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Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The attack was caught on video and, sometime later, a San Diego Metropolitan Transit System officer called San Diego police to report the suspect was on a trolley headed to University City, police said. — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022 On a recent, balmy Saturday morning at the Charleston Wine and Food Festival, a man bearing an eerie resemblance to the rapper E-40 stood at the front of a tour trolley preparing to captain the Soul Stroll. — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 Passengers caught riding the trolley or bus without a ticket can resolve their fines without going through the criminal justice system, under a nearly two-year-old pilot. — Iyarie Murguia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022 For a dime, people in the grip of the Depression could hop on a trolley bound for the heart of Portland and movie palaces like the Mayfair, Orpheum, Broadway and Paramount. — Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 5 July 2022 Sullivan wrote that Engleson resisted being arrested and tried to pull away, so the officer pinned him against the doors of a Newport trolley and punched him in the face. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022 And there's nothing quite like an all-mighty bar cart, or, more playfully known as a drink trolley. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 29 June 2022 There are many elements that link the two, from the design to the culture to even the dessert trolley. — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 18 June 2022 Nine people were injured in September when an escalator at a station malfunctioned, and more than two dozen people went to the hospital last July when a Green Line train rear-ended another trolley. — Mark Pratt, ajc, 15 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The 360-degree spinner wheels are easy to trolley across terminals. — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020 See More

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