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Trailer
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- 1 Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
"There were vehicles following me, of course, but was any of them trailing me? […] Without any warning, and without signalling with the trafficator, I took a sudden right turn, hoping to shake off my trailer."
- 2 a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy wordnet
- 3 Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
"the trailer of a plant"
- 4 a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor wordnet
- 5 An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc., that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
"At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer."
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- 6 an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future wordnet
- 7 A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary. US
"We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park."
- 8 someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind wordnet
- 9 A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes. US
"The young couple′s first home was in a trailer."
- 10 A preview of a film, video game or TV show. US
"The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun."
- 11 A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
- 12 The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
"The linked list terminates with a trailer record."
- 13 The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
"The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet."
- 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."
Etymology
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today, that is trailing after the main feature.
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