trolley
Meaning
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- A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
- A streetcar or light train.
- (colloquial) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
- A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
- A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
- A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
- Clipping of flatbed trolley.
- A hand truck.
- A soapbox car.
- A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
- A handcar.
Synonyms
current collector
hand car
trackless trolley
trolley-bus
electric bus
luggage barrow
two-wheeled handcart
trolley coach
tram car
light-rail vehicle
trackless tram
pushing car
manual truck
electric trolley
load car
push cart
light-rail vehicle
Frequency
Etymology
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
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