I. noun
or trol·ly ˈträlē, -li
( plural trolleys or trollies )
Etymology: probably from troll (I) + -y (diminutive suffix)
1.
a. dialect England : a low wheeled cart
b. Britain : a railroad dump car
c. Britain : a small truck used in mines
d. : a small wheeled car used usually on a wooden track to move lumber from a portable sawmill to a yard
2.
a. : a current collector operating in connection with a trolley wire — see bow trolley , pantograph 2, wheel trolley
b. : an electric car : trolley car , streetcar
3. : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track (as of a parcel railway in a shop or store) : the wheeled truck of a traveling crane or of a ropeway from which a load is suspended
4. : a movable block used on a cable in skidding logs
5. Britain : a four-wheel stretcher used to transport patients in a hospital
6. chiefly Britain : a table or shelved stand on wheels usually equipped with a handle and used for conveying something (as food or books)
7. Britain : a hand-propelled cart: as
a. : caddie cart
b. : pushcart
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- off one's trolley
II. verb
or trolly “
( trolleyed or trollied ; trolleyed or trollied ; trolleying or trollying ; trolleys or trollies )
transitive verb
: to convey by a trolley
was trolleying a packing case aboard a lift — Richard Church
intransitive verb
: to ride on a trolley
so trolley to your hotel for freshening up — James Cerruti
III.
variant of trolly