trolley

Meaning

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).

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

🚊

Straßenbahn

tram

🚊

tranvía

🚊

tram

🚊

Laufkatze

τραμ

chariot

Wagen

Einkaufswagen

🛒

ترام

🚊

trolley

tramvia

🚊

Förderwagen

Etymology

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