trolley

or trol·ly

[ trol-ee ]

/ ˈtrɒl i /

noun, plural trol·leys.

trolley car.

a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.

a grooved metallic wheel or pulley carried on the end of a pole (trolley pole) by an electric car or locomotive, and held in contact with an overhead conductor, usually a suspended wire (trolley wire), from which it collects the current for the propulsion of the car or locomotive.

any 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.

a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.

a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.

Chiefly British. any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.

verb (used with or without object), trol·leyed, trol·ley·ing.

to convey or go by trolley.

Idioms for trolley

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.

Origin of trolley

First recorded in 1815–25; orig. dial.; apparently akin to troll¹

Words nearby trolley

trojan war, trojan women, the, troke, troland, troll, trolley, trolley bus, trolley car, trolley dolly, trolley line, trolleybus

Definition for trollies (2 of 2)

trolly

[ trol-ee ]

/ ˈtrɒl i /

noun, plural trol·lies, verb (used with or without object), trol·lied, trol·ly·ing.

trolley.

Example sentences from the Web for trollies

The bell rang, there was a sudden bustle and wheeling about of trollies, and the train glided in.

Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Mary Elizabeth Carter
Our booty was enormous, and consisted of two hundred heavily-laden waggons, and eleven or twelve water-carts and trollies.

Three Years' War |Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
That, combined with all the shouting and clatter of trollies, etc., rather racking in the small hours.

Letters to Helen |Keith Henderson
We went to Seringapatam yesterday on trollies, nine miles back on the line by which we came from Bangalore to Mysore city.

From Edinburgh to India & Burmah |William G. Burn Murdoch

On shore a tangle of carts and trollies standing horseless, barrels, cotton-bales, wool-sacks.

With the World's Great Travellers, Volume IV |Various

British Dictionary definitions for trollies

trolley

/ (ˈtrɒlɪ) /

noun

British a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc

British 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

British (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc

British See trolleybus

US and 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

mainly British 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

off one's trolley slang

mentally confused or disorganized
insane

verb

(tr) to transport (a person or object) on a trolley

Word Origin for trolley

C19: probably from troll 1

Idioms and Phrases with trollies

trolley

see off one's head (trolley).

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trolley

or trol·ly

noun, plural trol·leys.

verb (used with or without object), trol·leyed, trol·ley·ing.

Idioms for trolley

Origin of trolley

Words nearby trolley

Definition for trollies (2 of 2)

noun, plural trol·lies, verb (used with or without object), trol·lied, trol·ly·ing.

Example sentences from the Web for trollies

British Dictionary definitions for trollies

noun

verb

Word Origin for trolley

Idioms and Phrases with trollies