trailer

(noun, verb)

noun

1. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

Similar word(s): dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke

Definition categories: person, bum, idler, layabout, loafer

2. an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future

Similar word(s): preview, prevue

Definition categories: communication, ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing

3. a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor

Definition categories: man–made, conveyance, transport

4. a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with trailer as a noun:

- the trailer of a plant

- At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.

- We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.

- The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.

- The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.

- The linked list terminates with a trailer record.

- The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

verb

1. To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

- The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.