trolley
trolley
Definition
trol·ley (trä′lē)
noun pl. -·leys
- a wheeled carriage, basket, etc. that runs suspended from an overhead track
- ☆ an apparatus, as a grooved wheel at the end of a pole, for transmitting electric current from an overhead wire to the motor of a streetcar, etc.
- ☆ trolley car
- Brit. any of various wheeled vehicles or carts, esp. a cart pushed by hand
Etymology: < East Anglian dial. < troll
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·leyed, -·ley·ing
☆ to carry or ride on a trolley
off one's trolley
☆Slang crazy; insane
trolley
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- push: I used to push the dinner trolleys to the wards.
- abandon: They are also keen to hear from anyone who may have seen an abandoned trolley in the area.
- discard: Discarded shopping trolleys are incorporated into techno-industrial gothic as hidden symbols of our times.
- wheel: The balloon is attached by cable to a small wheeled trolley which is operated by two people on the ground.
- pull: The winch then pulls the trolleys plus boats sideways out of the water.
Preposition: in
- corridor: The old are neglected and abandoned in squalid homes, left to die on trolleys in drafty hospital corridors.
Adjective modifier
- electric: In addition it can be operated like a traditional electric trolley.
- portable: A portable trolley with newspapers, sweets etc. visits the ward in the mornings.
- laptop: The burglars struck over the weekend and took 12 laptops, a laptop trolley and 12 wall-mounted digital projectors.
Modifies a noun
- dolly: Gatwick airport might be conveniently near but sometimes its trolley dollies are uncomfortably close.
- jack: When using a trolley jack, refer to the vehicle workshop manual to identify the correct lifting point.
- dash: Get your local supermarket to donate a trolley dash as a prize!
- bus: These trolley busses, among the last of their breed, are at Park Lane Depot.
- pole: The second part of the sentence is Tomlinson's own image ( part homage to 1913 trolley car poles?
Noun used with modifier
- shopping: Mr Jackson managed to fill four shopping trolleys with the help of staff who had the next trolley lined up.
- luggage: He pushed their empty luggage trolley a little faster.
- hostess: The old hostess trolley has also had a makeover.
- supermarket: In 1985 he invested in his own business making supermarket shopping trolleys.
- resuscitation: Resuscitation trolleys have to carry all the equipment needed to resuscitate someone in an arrest.
- dessert: Give me the cheese board over the dessert trolley every time.
Browse dictionary entries near trolley
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- Trojan
- Trois-Rivières
- Troilus
- troilism
- troika
- trogon
- troglodyte
- trolley bus
- trolley car
- Trolling/Baiting/Flaming
- trollop
- Trollope
- trolly
- trombidiasis
- trombone
- trommel
- tromp
