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trolley

  • noun

A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.

Other meanings

  1. A streetcar or light train.

  2. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.

Related words

  • hydrolley
  • trolleyer
  • trolleyful
  • trolleylike
  • trolleyman
  • trolleyological
  • trolleyology
  • drinks trolley
  • off one's trolley
  • trolleybus
  • trolley cloth
  • trolley dolly

Example sentences

  • “It's literally the trolley problem.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “trolley” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.