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trolley car

noun

  1. a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.


trolley car

noun

  1. another word for streetcar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trolley car1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

They both got on top of a table and made believe he was the conductor of a trolley car and she was a passenger.

Well, I'll just bet you a million billion dollars He can't make a trolley car go in two directions at the same time.

Also, a trolley car ran on to him, rolling him over and over again until he came out as dizzy as a drunken man.

So I sneaked down to the trolley-car station, took the car for Pineville, and went to see one of the best physicians in town.

Ditmar stood staring after the trolley car that bore Janet away until it became a tiny speck of light in the distance.

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