trolley
A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an…A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
Meaning
10 sensesA trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
(US)A streetcar or light train.
(US, colloquial)A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
Krankatze, Laufkatze
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK)A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
(UK)A hand truck.
(UK)A soapbox car.
(UK)A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
(Philippines)A handcar.
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
Examples
29 sentencesI can't find a shopping trolley.
Я не можу знайти візок для покупок. — deniko
ruЯ не могу найти тележку для покупок. — marafon
deIch kann keinen Einkaufswagen finden. — mhr
I put the ice-cream tub into the trolley.
Я поклала баночку з морозивом до возика. — deniko
deIch habe den Eisbecher in den Einkaufswagen gestellt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom queued behind an old biddy with a full trolley.
Том встав у чергу за якоюсь старою каргою з повним продуктовим возиком. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
I'm waiting for the trolley.
Я чекаю на трамвай. — shanghainese
ruЯ жду троллейбус. — prokofyev
I always use a shopping trolley.
deIch benutze immer einen Einkaufswagen. — al_ex_an_der
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troEarly 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: trolleys / trolliesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity:streetcartramtramcartrolley car