trolley bus


noun

a passenger bus operating on tires and having an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires.
Also called trackless trolley, trolley coach.

Origin of trolley bus

First recorded in 1910–15

Example sentences from the Web for trolleybus

  • "I shouldn't be surprised if they were even falsus in trolleybus," I put in, with a feeble attempt at humor.

    Peeps at People |John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for trolleybus

trolleybus
/ (ˈtrɒlɪˌbʌs) /

noun

an electrically driven public-transport vehicle that does not run on rails but takes its power from an overhead wire through a trolley