trolley
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- B2
A metal frame on small wheels that you push in front of you to carry bags or goods.
He loaded three heavy suitcases onto a trolley outside the terminal.
Trolleys are free to use, but you must return them afterwards.
One wheel of my trolley kept turning the wrong way.
She pushed a full trolley slowly between the narrow shop shelves.
Common collocations: luggage trolley · shopping trolley · push a trolley · a trolley full of bags · return the trolley
Part of: Airports and stations, Shops and shopping
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
In American English, an electric vehicle for passengers that runs on rails through city streets.
An old wooden trolley still climbs the steep hill downtown.
You can pay the trolley fare with coins or a card.
The trolley bell rang twice before it moved off again.
Common collocations: ride the trolley · trolley line · catch a trolley · trolley fare
Part of: Airports and stations, Means of transport
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- C1
A narrow bed on wheels used in a hospital to move someone who is ill or hurt.
Two nurses wheeled him on a trolley towards the operating room.
He waited on a trolley in the corridor for two hours.
Common collocations: hospital trolley · on a trolley · wheel somebody on a trolley
Part of: At the doctor's, Illnesses and symptoms
Forms
- plural
- trolleys