noun pl. trolleys
- 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
Origin:
< East Anglian dial. < troll
transitive verb, intransitive verb trolleyed, trolleying
☆ to carry or ride on a trolley