- trolley car.
- a pulley or truck traveling on an overhead track and serving to support and move a suspended object.
- a grooved metallic wheel or pulley carried on the end of a pole (trolley pole ) by an electric car or locomotive, and held in contact with an overhead conductor, usually a suspended wire (trolley wire ), from which it collects the current for the propulsion of the car or locomotive.
- any of various devices for collecting current for such a purpose, as a pantograph, or a bowlike structure (bow trolley ) sliding along an overhead wire, or a device (underground trolley ) for taking current from the underground wire or conductor used by some electric railways.
- a small truck or car operated on a track, as in a mine or factory.
- a serving cart, as one used to serve desserts.
- any of various low carts or vehicles, as a railway handcar or costermonger's cart.
- to convey or go by trolley.
- off one's trolley, Slang.
- in a confused mental state.
- insane: He's been off his trolley for years, but his family refuses to have him committed.
- a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- a wheeled cart or stand pushed by hand and used for moving heavy items, such as shopping in a supermarket or luggage at a railway station
- (in a hospital) a bed mounted on casters and used for moving patients who are unconscious, immobilized, etc
- British See trolleybus
- US and Canadian See trolley car
- a device that collects the current from an overhead wire (trolley wire), third rail, etc, to drive the motor of an electric vehicle
- a pulley or truck that travels along an overhead wire in order to support a suspended load
- a low truck running on rails, used in factories, mines, etc, and on railways
- a truck, cage, or basket suspended from an overhead track or cable for carrying loads in a mine, quarry, etc
- off one's trolley slang
- mentally confused or disorganized
- insane
- to transport (a person or object) on a trolley
