Definition of TROLLEY

trolley

Plural: trolleys, trollies

Noun

  • a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
  • A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus.
  • A streetcar or light train.
  • A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system.
  • A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
  • A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
  • A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley.
  • Clipping of flatbed trolley.
  • A hand truck.
  • A soapbox car.
  • A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs.
  • A handcar.

Verb

Verb Forms: trolleyed, trolleying, trolleys

  • To convey or travel by means of a streetcar or trolley.
  • To bring to by trolley.
  • To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
  • To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train).

Examples

  • He managed to TROLLEY his letters across the board for a long word, scoring well.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car, crane trolley, traveling trolley

Scrabble Score: 10

trolley: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
trolley: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trolley: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

trolley: valid Words With Friends Word