TROLLEY


Meaning of TROLLEY in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ 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 ~.

...supermarket ~s.

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2.

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

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3.

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

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4.

A ~ or ~ 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 ~ on State Street.

= streetcar

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5.

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

= mad

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