trolley

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Singular
trolley

Plural
trollies or trolleys

trolley (plural trollies or trolleys)

  1. (New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
  2. (British) A hand truck.
  3. (British) A soapbox car.
  4. (British) A gurney.
  5. A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line usually for a streetcar.
  6. (US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
  7. (US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
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cart or shopping cart
hand truck
soapbox car
gurney
device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line
streetcar
light rail system
abundance of trolls

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to trolley

Third person singular
trolleys

Simple past
trolleyed or trollied

Past participle
[[trolleyed or trollied]]

Present participle
trolleying

to trolley (third-person singular simple present trolleys, present participle trolleying, simple past and past participle trolleyed or trollied)

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