TROLLEY


Meaning of TROLLEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trɒli ]

( trolleys)

1.

A trolley is an object with wheels that you use to transport heavy things such as shopping or luggage. ( BRIT; in AM, use cart )

A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley.

...supermarket trolleys.

N-COUNT

2.

A trolley is a small table on wheels which is used for serving drinks or food. ( BRIT; in AM, use cart )

N-COUNT

3.

A trolley is a bed on wheels for moving patients in hospital. ( BRIT; in AM, use gurney )

N-COUNT

4.

A trolley or trolley car is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. ( AM; in BRIT, use tram )

He took a northbound trolley on State Street.

= streetcar

N-COUNT

5.

If you say that someone is off their trolley , you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange. ( BRIT INFORMAL )

= mad

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