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trailer

[ trey-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc. Compare tent trailer.
a person or thing that trails.
a trailing plant.
a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.
blank film at the end of a reel or strip of film, for winding off the film in a motion-picture camera or projector. Compare leader ( def 6 ).
Ceramics. a can with a spout, used in slip trailing.

trailer

/ ˈtreɪlə /

a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc
the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab
a series of short extracts from a film, used to advertise it in a cinema or on television
a person or thing that trails
a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)caravan

Origin of trailer¹

First recorded in 1580–90; trail + -er ¹

After the release of the trailer for the special last week, TLC received a requisite and perhaps well-deserved tongue-lashing.

And there were much wider protests later in 2012 after the anti-Islam movie trailer, “Innocence of Muslims,” appeared on YouTube.

Production expenses: equipment rental, lights, lighting board, van rental, trailer rental, road cases, backline.

The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”

And then I saw the trailer to Nightcrawler and texted him again and said, “Wow, you inspire me every day.”

As a trailer McFann had few equals, and he knew every swale in the prairie and every nook in the mountains on the reservation.

The midget recovered Alfred's knife from the dust and walked over to the trailer that he noted had a wooden coop of slats aboard.

I'll have the boys park your machine and trailer right back of our show where it will be safe until you want it.

The trailer was unhooked and carefully backed in through a passage laid out by the versatile Fisheye.

The baggage—two trunks, a showman's keyster, two suitcases, a big duffle bag and handbags—was loaded on trailer and backseat.

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