variants
or less commonly trolly
plural trolleys also trollies
1
a
: 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
variants
or less commonly trolly
trolleyed also trollied; trolleying also trollying
: to convey by a trolley
: to ride on a trolley
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020
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Noun
Each year, the Seashore Trolley Museum decorates its (heated) trolleys to take guests on a ride along the heritage railroad through the woods.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
The 360-degree spinner wheels are easy to trolley across terminals.
—Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2020
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“Trolley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trolley. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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