Trolley vs. Dolly

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  • Trolley (noun)

    A cart or shopping cart.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A hand truck.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A soapbox car.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A gurney.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line usually for a tram or streetcar. Usually called a trolley pole.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A streetcar or a system of streetcars.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A light rail system or a train on such a system.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.

  • Trolley (noun)

    A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.

  • Trolley (verb)

    To bring to by trolley.

  • Trolley (verb)

    To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A doll.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A contrivance for stirring:

  • Dolly (noun)

    A disc with downward legs and a vertical handle, used for agitating laundry.

    “posser”

  • Dolly (noun)

    A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

  • Dolly (noun)

    In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A small truck with a single wide roller used for moving heavy beams, columns, etc., in bridge building.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A small truck without steering means to be slipped under a load. (traditional UK artisan usage)

  • Dolly (noun)

    A compact, narrow-gauge locomotive used for moving construction trains, switching, etc.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A specialized piece of film equipment resembling a little cart on which a camera is mounted.

  • Dolly (noun)

    A young woman, especially one who is frivolous or vapid. from 1790shttps://greensdictofslang.com/entry/izns2ha

  • Dolly (noun)

    A fashionable young woman, one who follows the latest music or clothing fashions. 1960s

  • Dolly (noun)

    A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.

  • Dolly (noun)

    An offering of fruit or flowers.

  • Dolly (verb)

    To hit a dolly.

  • Dolly (verb)

    To move (an object) using a dolly.

  • Dolly (verb)

    To wash (laundry) in a tub using the stirring device called a dolly.

  • Dolly (verb)

    To beat (red-hot metal) with a hammer.

  • Dolly (verb)

    To crush ore with a dolly.

  • Dolly (adjective)

    Pretty; attractive.

Wiktionary
  • Trolley (noun)

    a large metal basket or frame on wheels, used for transporting heavy or large items, such as supermarket purchases or luggage at an airport or railway station.

  • Trolley (noun)

    a small table on wheels or castors, typically used to convey food and drink.

  • Trolley (noun)

    a hospital bed on wheels for transporting patients.

  • Trolley (noun)

    a wheel attached to a pole, used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a tram.

  • Trolley (noun)

    short for trolleybus or trolley car

Oxford Dictionary

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