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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trol•ley or trol•ly /ˈtrɑli/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -leys or -lies. - Transporttrolley car.
- Transporta pulley traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move an object hung from it.
- Transporta small truck or car operated on a track, as in a factory.
- a serving cart, as for desserts.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]any of various low carts.
Idioms- Idioms off one's trolley, [Slang.]mentally unstable;
insane.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trol•ley (trol′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -leys, v., -leyed, -ley•ing. n. - Transporta trolley car.
- Transporta pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.
- Transporta grooved metallic wheel or pulley carried on the end of a pole (trol′ley pole′) by an electric car or locomotive, and held in contact with an overhead conductor, usually a suspended wire (trol′ley wire′,) from which it collects the current for the propulsion of the car or locomotive.
- Electricity, Transportany of various devices for collecting current for such a purpose, as a pantograph, or a bowlike structure (bow trolley) sliding along an overhead wire, or a device (underground trolley) for taking current from the underground wire or conductor used by some electric railways.
- Transporta small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.
- a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.
- British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.
- off one's trolley, [Slang.]
- in a confused mental state.
- insane:He's been off his trolley for years, but his family refuses to have him committed.
v.t., v.i. - to convey or go by trolley.
Also, trolly. - 1815–25; origin, originally dialect, dialectal; apparently akin to troll1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trolley /ˈtrɒlɪ/ n - Brit a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- 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 station
- Brit (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc
- Brit
See trolleybus - US Canadian
See trolley car - a device that collects the current from an overhead wire (trolley wire), third rail, etc, to drive the motor of an electric vehicle
- a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load
- chiefly Brit a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc, and on railways
- a truck, cage, or basket suspended from an overhead track or cable for carrying loads in a mine, quarry, etc
Etymology: 19th Century: probably from troll1 |