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
c
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
trailered; trailering; trailers
1
: to live or travel in or with a trailer
2
: to be transportable by trailer
a light boat that trailers easily
: to transport (something, such as a boat) by means of a trailer
Synonyms
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
EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
In the trailer for the new series, which premieres on Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime, Michael Fassbender stars as Martian, a spy who has left his undercover position as a CIA agent to return to the real world.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Vernon and a wrangler from Tally Barn in Tularosa would trailer our horses into camp the next morning.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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Noun
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—EW.com, 26 Oct. 2024
In the trailer for the new series, which premieres on Nov. 29 on Paramount+ with Showtime, Michael Fassbender stars as Martian, a spy who has left his undercover position as a CIA agent to return to the real world.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
My family would trailer canoes up and over the parkway to Abrams Creek for camping trips—often with Mom behind the wheel, my siblings and I in tow, and Dad on his bicycle ahead of us.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
Vernon and a wrangler from Tally Barn in Tularosa would trailer our horses into camp the next morning.
—Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Trailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trailer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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