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Definitions for Trolleys

[1] trolley car.
[2] a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.
[3] 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.
[4] 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.
[5] a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.
[6] a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.
[7] Chiefly British . any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.
[8] to convey or go by trolley.
[9] 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.
[10] slang men's underpants
[11] British a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
[12] 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
[13] British (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc
[14] British See trolleybus
[15] US and Canadian See trolley car
[16] a device that collects the current from an overhead wire (trolley wire ), third rail, etc, to drive the motor of an electric vehicle
[17] a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load
[18] mainly British a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc, and on railways
[19] a truck, cage, or basket suspended from an overhead track or cable for carrying loads in a mine, quarry, etc
[20] off one's trolley slang mentally confused or disorganized insane
[21] (tr) to transport (a person or object) on a trolley

Words related to Trolleys

trolleydisk, drum, roller, whirl, gyre, rotation, circulation, pulley, hoop, circumvolution, round, turn, gyration, circuit, twirl, pivot, spin, roll, ring, cycle

Words nearby Trolleys

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Origin of Trolleys

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

Word origin for Trolleys

C19: probably from troll 1

Synonyms for Trolleys

disk, drum, roller, caster, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, hoop, pivot, pulley, ratchet, ring, roll, rotation, round, spin, turn, twirl, whirl