trolley

Other forms of trolley

plural

trolleys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trolley

What does trolley mean?

trolley means "a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity".

How many syllables are in trolley?

trolley has 2 syllables: trol-ley. The stress falls on "trol". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɑli/.

What is another word for trolley?

Close synonyms include streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley car. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trolley a common word?

trolley is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.