trolley

Noun

1. A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
2. (US) A streetcar or light train.
3. (US, colloquial) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
4. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
5. A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
6. (Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand) A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of flatbed trolley.
8. (British) A hand truck.
9. (British) A soapbox car.
10. (British) A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
11. (Philippines) A handcar.

Verb

1. To bring to by trolley.
2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
3. To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).

Etymology

Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).

Synonyms

tram

🚊

cart

streetcar

tramcar

trolley car

carriage

tramway

trundle

chariot

waggon

lorry

handcart

barrow

bow

🙇

current collector

handcar

pantograph

pushcart

rowel

shopping cart

🛒

shopping trolley

truck

🚚

wagon

wheel

🛞

wheelbarrow

hand car

trackless trolley

cart

trolley bus

trolley-bus

car

🚗

streetcar

caddy

velocipede

cable car

tram

🚊

tramcar

trolley car

electric bus

luggage barrow

two-wheeled handcart

trolley coach

tram car

light rail

🚈

light-rail vehicle

light rail

🚈

trackless tram

lum

pushing car

manual truck

Translations

tramway

🚊

tramwaj

Straßenbahn

tram

🚊

tranvía

🚊

tram

🚊

Laufkatze

τραμ

chariot

Wagen

Einkaufswagen

🛒

ترام

🚊

trolley

tramvia

🚊

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