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trolley
[ trol-ee ]
noun
- a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.
- a grooved metallic wheel or pulley carried on the end of a pole trolley pole by an electric car or locomotive, and held in contact with an overhead conductor, usually a suspended wire trolley wire, from which it collects the current for the propulsion of the car or locomotive.
- any of various devices for collecting current for such a purpose, as a pantograph, or a bowlike structure bow trolley sliding along an overhead wire, or a device underground trolley for taking current from the underground wire or conductor used by some electric railways.
- a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.
- a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.
- Chiefly British. any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.
verb (used with or without object)
- to convey or go by trolley.
trolley
/ ˈٰɒɪ /
noun
- a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- a wheeled cart or stand pushed by hand and used for moving heavy items, such as shopping in a supermarket or luggage at a railway station
- (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc
- See trolleybus
- See trolley car
- a device that collects the current from an overhead wire ( trolley wire ), third rail, etc, to drive the motor of an electric vehicle
- a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load
- a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc, and on railways
- a truck, cage, or basket suspended from an overhead track or cable for carrying loads in a mine, quarry, etc
- off one's trolley slang.
- mentally confused or disorganized
- insane
verb
- tr to transport (a person or object) on a trolley
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of trolley1
Idioms and Phrases
- off one's trolley, Slang.
- in a confused mental state.
- insane:
He's been off his trolley for years, but his family refuses to have him committed.
More idioms and phrases containing trolley
see off one's head (trolley) .Example Sentences
Screenshots shared online include claims the chatbot praised them for being angry at someone who asked them for directions, and unique version of the trolley problem.
‘Star Wars’ actor Alden Ehrenreich bought a historic trolley station in Cypress Park and transformed it into a hub for artistic work and creativity, with the goal of making L.A. a ‘theater city.’
From being rejected by his boyhood club Newcastle United as a youngster to pushing supermarket trolleys, he could easily have given up on his football career before it had really begun.
If there is a discrepancy a staff member will do a manual rescan of the whole trolley.
Wickline’s songs are always clever, but she’s also good at selling the emotional beats behind them, even when it’s as ridiculous as a love song themed to the trolley problem.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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