trailer
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.