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trol·ley

also trol·ly T0375600 (trŏl′ē)n. pl. trol·leys also trol·lies 1. A streetcar.2. A device that collects electric current from an underground conductor, an overhead wire, or a third rail and transmits it to the motor of an electric vehicle.3. A small truck or car operating on a track and used in a mine, quarry, or factory for conveying materials.4. A wheeled carriage, cage, or basket that is suspended from and travels on an overhead track.5. Chiefly British A light cart designed to be moved by hand.tr. & intr.v. trol·leyed, trol·ley·ing, trol·leys also trol·lied (-lēd) or trol·ly·ing or trol·lies (-lēz) To convey (passengers) or travel by trolley.

[Probably from troll.]

trolley

(ˈtrɒlɪ) n1. (Furniture) Brit a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc2. Brit a wheeled cart or stand pushed by hand and used for moving heavy items, such as shopping in a supermarket or luggage at a railway station3. (Medicine) Brit (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc4. (Automotive Engineering) Brit See trolleybus5. (Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian See trolley car6. (Automotive Engineering) a device that collects the current from an overhead wire (trolley wire), third rail, etc, to drive the motor of an electric vehicle7. (Mechanical Engineering) a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load8. (Automotive Engineering) chiefly Brit a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc, and on railways9. (Mining & Quarrying) a truck, cage, or basket suspended from an overhead track or cable for carrying loads in a mine, quarry, etc10. off one's trolley slang a. mentally confused or disorganizedb. insanevb (tr) to transport (a person or object) on a trolley[C19: probably from troll¹]

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(ˈtrɒl i)

n., pl. -leys or -lies, n. 1. trolley car. 2. a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object. 3. a. a grooved wheel or pulley on the end of a pole, used by an electric streetcar or locomotive to draw current from an overhead conductor. b. any of various other devices, as a pantograph, for collecting current for propulsion. 4. a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory. 5. a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts. 6. Chiefly Brit. any of various low carts. v.t., v.i. 7. to convey or go by trolley. Idioms: off one's trolley, Slang. mentally unstable; insane. [1815–25; orig. dial.; appar. akin to troll¹]

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Noun

trolley - a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricitystreetcar, trolley car, tramcar, tramhorsecar - an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horsesself-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsiontrolley line - a transit line using streetcars or trolley buses

Translations

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trolley

(ˈtroli) noun1. a type of small cart for carrying things etc. She quickly filled the trolley with groceries.手推车2. (also ˈtea-trolley , (American) ˈteacart) a small cart, usually consisting of two or three trays fixed on a frame, used for serving tea, food etc. She brought the tea in on a trolley. （运送茶及食物的）手推车 ˈtrolley-bus noun a bus which is driven by power from an overhead wire to which it is connected. 无轨电车

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be off (one's) trolley

slang To be crazy and/or wacky. Usually used humorously. Don't listen to a word he says, he's off his trolley! You're off your trolley if you think that plan will work.See also: off, trolley

off (one's) trolley

Crazy or insane. When he told me about his plan to renovate the old, condemned house, I immediately thought he was off his trolley. You must be off your trolley if you think you can lift that heavy box by yourself.See also: off, trolley

now you're on the trolley

Now you understand what I mean or how to do this. A: "So this piece slots in here, and we connect these two wires together, right?" B: "Yeah, now you're on the trolley!"See also: now, on, trolley

slip (one's) trolley

1. slang To become insane; to go mad. Usually used jocularly or sarcastically. You've slipped your trolley if you think that plan will work! My poor granny is starting to slip her trolley. She called me Darlene the other day—that's the name of her dead cat!2. slang To become uncontrollably angry. My parents are going to slip their trolley if they find out I took the car without asking! Cool it, man—don't slip your trolley. We'll find a way to get it working again.See also: slip, trolley

*off one's rocker

and *off one's nut; *off one's trolleyFig. crazy; silly. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) Sometimes, Bob, I think you're off your rocker. Good grief, John. You're off your nut.See also: off, rocker

slip one's trolley

Sl. to become a little crazy; to lose one's composure. I was afraid I would slip my trolley. He slipped his trolley and went totally bonkers.See also: slip, trolley

off one's head

Also, off one's nut or rocker or trolley or chump . Crazy, out of one's mind, as in You're off your head if you think I'll pay your debts, or I think Jerry's gone off his nut over that car, or When she said we had to sleep in the barn we thought she was off her rocker, or The old man's been off his trolley for at least a year. The expression using head is colloquial and dates from the mid-1800s, nut has been slang for "head" since the mid-1800s; rocker, dating from the late 1800s, may allude to an elderly person falling from a rocking chair; trolley, also dating from the late 1800s, may be explained by George Ade's use of it in Artie (1896): "Any one that's got his head full of the girl proposition's liable to go off his trolley at the first curve." The last, chump, is also slang for "head" and was first recorded in 1859. See also: head, off

off one's rocker

Also, off one's nut or trolley . See off one's head. See also: off, rocker

off your trolley

BRITISH, INFORMALIf someone is off their trolley, they are behaving in a crazy way. If they think officers are going to give up their cars, they're off their trolley. Most people think I'm off my trolley, but I've never been so sure of anything in my life.See also: off, trolley

off your trolley

crazy. informal The trolley in this case is a pulley running on an overhead track that transmits power from the track to drive a tram; the idea is similar to that in go off the rails (see rail). 1983 Nathaniel Richard Nash The Young and Fair If you suspect Patty, you're off your trolley. See also: off, trolley

off your ˈtrolley

(British English, informal) crazy; stupid: He’s completely off his trolley!This idiom is similar to ‘go off the rails’ but refers to a tram (= a vehicle driven by electricity than runs on rails in the street) that has become disconnected from the power in the overhead track.See also: off, trolley

off one’s trolley

mod. silly; eccentric. Don’t mind Uncle Charles. He’s a bit off his trolley. See also: off, trolley

slip one’s trolley

tv. to become a little crazy; to lose one’s composure. (see also off one’s trolley.) I was afraid I would slip my trolley. See also: slip, trolley

off (one's) rocker

Slang Out of one's mind; crazy.See also: off, rocker

Now you're on the trolley

Now you catch on. “Trolley” refers to the streetcars that predated buses and subways in major cities. To flounder around to the answer to a question or how to perform some sort of procedure and then to come up with the right answer was the equivalent of getting on a trolley that's on the right track (as in track of streetcar rails).See also: now, on, trolley

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noun a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

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