trailer n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke] 2: an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future [syn: preview, prevue, trailer] 3: a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor 4: a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy [syn: trailer, house trailer]

trailer I. noun Date: 1590 1. one that trails 2. a trailing plant 3. a nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled by road: as a. a vehicle for transporting something <a boat trailer>; especially semitrailer 1 b. a vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary dwelling or place of business c. mobile home 4. a. preview 3 b. a short blank strip of film attached to the end of a reel II. verb Date: 1938 intransitive verb 1. to live or travel in or with a trailer 2. to be transportable by trailer <a light boat that trailers easily> transitive verb to transport (as a boat) by means of a trailer • trailerable adjective • trailering noun

trailer
n.
1 a person or thing that trails.
2 a series of brief extracts from a film etc., used to advertise it in advance.
3 a vehicle towed by another, esp.: a the rear section of an articulated lorry. b an open cart. c a platform for transporting a boat etc. d US a caravan.
4 a trailing plant.

trailer (trailers) 1. A trailer is a container on wheels which is pulled by a car or other vehicle and which is used for transporting large or heavy items. N-COUNT 2. A trailer is the long rear section of a lorry or truck, in which the goods are carried. N-COUNT 3. A trailer is a long vehicle without an engine which people use as a home or as an office and which can be pulled behind a car. (mainly AM; in BRIT, use caravan) N-COUNT 4. A trailer for a film or television programme is a set of short extracts which are shown to advertise it. N-COUNT: oft N for n

trailer ˈtreɪlə n. 1 a person or thing that trails. 2 a series of brief extracts from a film etc., used to advertise it in advance. 3 a vehicle towed by another, esp.: a the rear section of an articulated lorry. b an open cart. c a platform for transporting a boat etc. d US a caravan. 4 a trailing plant.

Trailer \Trail"er\, n. A car coupled to, and drawn by, a motor car in front of it; -- used esp. of such cars on street railroads. Called also trail car.

Trailer \Trail"er\, n. One who, or that which, trails.

64 Moby Thesaurus words for "trailer": 3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, afterpart, afterpiece, animated cartoon, black-and-white film, camp trailer, camper, caravan, cartoon, chiller, cinema, color film, creepie, documentary, documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick, flicker, horror picture, horse opera, house trailer, mobile home, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, newsreel, nudie, photodrama, photoplay, picture, picture show, pornographic film, preview, queue, semitrailer, short, silent, silent film, skin flick, sneak preview, spaghetti Western, tab, tag, tail, tailpiece, talkie, talking picture, thriller, trail, trail car, trailer camp, trailer court, trailer park, train, truck trailer, underground film, wake

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