trolley noun 11verb 3forms 5phrases 2 noun11 •(UK, Australia) A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley. •(UK) A hand truck. •(UK) A gurney, a stretcher with wheeled legs. •Clipping of flatbed trolley. •(US) A streetcar or light train. •(US, informal) A light rail, tramway, trolleybus or streetcar system. •A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. •A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car. •A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes. •(UK) A soapbox car. •(Philippines) A handcar. verb3 •To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another. •To travel by trolley (streetcar, trolleybus or light train). •To bring to by trolley. formstrolleyed · trollied · trolleying · trolleys · trollies Phrases with trolley off one's trolleyHaving gone mad; insane. trolley offTo go away.