trailer (redirected from trailering)

trail·er  (trlr)

n.

1. A large transport vehicle designed to be hauled by a truck or tractor.

2. A furnished vehicle drawn by a truck or automobile and used when parked as a dwelling or office.

3.

a. A short filmed advertisement for a movie; a preview.

b. A short, blank strip of film at the end of a reel.

v. trail·ered, trail·er·ing, trail·ers

v.tr.

To transport by a trailer: trailered the boat to the beach.

v.intr.

To travel or live in a trailer.

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trailer·a·ble adj.

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trailer [ˈtreɪlə]

n

1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc.

2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab

3. (Performing Arts) a series of short extracts from a film, used to advertise it in a cinema or on television

4. a person or thing that trails

5. the US and Canadian name for caravan [1]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trailer - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind dawdler, laggard, lagger, poke, drone do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer, bum - person who does no work; "a lazy bum" lingerer, loiterer - someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud, plodder - someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach" potterer, putterer - a person who putters about straggler, strayer - someone who strays or falls behind
	2.	trailer - an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future preview, prevue ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing - a public promotion of some product or service
	3.	trailer - a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor car carrier - a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation semitrailer, semi - a trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle articulated lorry, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, rig, semi - a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
	4.	trailer - a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy house trailer camper trailer - a trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips) manufactured home, mobile home - a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"

Translations

trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ]

A. N

1. (Aut) → remolque m; (of truck) → tráiler m, remolque m (US) (= caravan) → caravana f, rulot f

2. (Cine) → tráiler m, avance m

B. CPD trailer park N (US) (for caravans) → camping m para caravanas or rulots; (for trailers) → camping m para remolques

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trailer [ˈtreɪlə^r] n

(container pulled by car) → remorque f

(US) (= mobile home) → mobile home m

(= film advert) → bande-annonce f
trailer park n (US) → lotissement m de mobile homes
trailer tent n → caravane f pliante
trailer trash n (pejorative) (US) aux Etats-Unis, personnes pauvres qui ne vivent pas dans une maison en dur mais dans une caravane
trailer truck n (US) → semi-remorque m

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trailer

n

(Aut) → Anhänger m; (esp US, of lorry) → Sattelauflieger m

(US) → Wohnwagen m, → Caravan m

(Bot) → Hängepflanze f

(Film, TV) → Trailer m

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trailer [ˈtreɪləʳ] n

a. (Aut) → rimorchio; (for horses) → van m inv (Am) (caravan) → roulotte f inv

b. (Cine) → trailer m inv

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trailer → عربة مقطورة, كرفان karavan, přívěs anhænger, karavane Anhänger, Wohnwagen τροχόσπιτο caravana, remolque asuntovaunu, peräkärry caravane, remorque kamp kućica, prikolica rimorchio, roulotte トレーラー, トレーラーハウス 트레일러, 트레일러 하우스 caravan, trailer campingvogn, tilhenger przyczepa, przyczepa kempingowa reboque, roulotte, trailer автоприцеп husvagn, släpvagn รถคาราวาน, รถพ่วง karavan, römork xe moóc, xe moóc caravan 拖车, 旅游房车