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trol·ley I. noun or trol·ly \ˈträlē, -li\ (plural trolleys or trollies) Etymology: probably from troll (I) + -y (diminutive suffix) 1. a. dialect England : a low wheeled cart b. Britain : a railroad dump car c. Britain : a small truck used in mines d. : a small wheeled car used usually on a wooden track to move lumber from a portable sawmill to a yard 2. a. : a current collector operating in connection with a trolley wire — see bow trolley, pantograph 2, wheel trolley b. : an electric car : trolley car, streetcar 3. : a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track (as of a parcel railway in a shop or store) : the wheeled truck of a traveling crane or of a ropeway from which a load is suspended 4. : a movable block used on a cable in skidding logs 5. Britain : a four-wheel stretcher used to transport patients in a hospital 6. chiefly Britain : a table or shelved stand on wheels usually equipped with a handle and used for conveying something (as food or books) 7. Britain : a hand-propelled cart: as a. : caddie cart b. : pushcart • - off one's trolley II. verb or trolly \“\ (trolleyed or trollied ; trolleyed or trollied ; trolleying or trollying ; trolleys or trollies) transitive verb : to convey by a trolley < was trolleying a packing case aboard a lift — Richard Church > intransitive verb : to ride on a trolley < so trolley to your hotel for freshening up — James Cerruti > III. variant of trolly |