Meaning

3 senses

  1. To bring to by trolley.

  2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.

  3. To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).

Examples

29 sentences

  1. I 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

    deniko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. 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

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. 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

    deniko · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. I'm waiting for the trolley.

    Я чекаю на трамвай. — shanghainese

    ruЯ жду троллейбус. — prokofyev

    Serhiy · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. I always use a shopping trolley.

    deIch benutze immer einen Einkaufswagen. — al_ex_an_der

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from tro

Early 19th century (1823) meaning "cart", of dialectal origin (Suffolk), probably from troll (“to trundle, roll”) + -ey (diminutive ending).

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Forms

trolleys, trolleying, trolleyed, trolleyed
Base formtrolley · to trolley
3rd person singulartrolleys
Present participletrolleying
Past simpletrolleyed / trollied
Past participletrolleyed / trollied

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrolley
he, she, ittrolleys

Past simpleLesson

all personstrolleyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave trolleyed
he, she, ithas trolleyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trolley

Word family

1 related words
Derivedtrolley off

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trodtrolltrombonetroopB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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