trolley

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trol|ley /tr'ɒli/ (trolleys)
1 [N-COUNT]
A trolley 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 trolley.
...supermarket trolleys.
2 [N-COUNT]
A trolley is a small table on wheels which is used for serving drinks or food. (BRIT; in AM, use cart)
3 [N-COUNT]
A trolley is a bed on wheels for moving patients in hospital. (BRIT; in AM, use gurney)
4 [N-COUNT]
A trolley or trolley 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 trolley on State Street.
= streetcar
5 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
If you say that someone is off their trolley, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange. (BRIT INFORMAL)
= madshop|ping trol|ley (shopping trolleys)
[N-COUNT]
A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. (BRIT; in AM, use shopping cart)trol|ley bus (trolley buses)
[N-COUNT] also by N
A trolley bus is a bus that is driven by electric power taken from cables above the street.

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