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trailer noun 1 a cart, usually with two wheels, that can be hooked up behind a car, etc, and which is used for carrying small loads, transporting small boats, etc. 2 the rear section of an articulated lorry, as opposed to the tractor unit. 3 N Amer a caravan. 4 cinema, TV, radio a preview or foretaste, in the form of a brief excerpt or series of such excerpts from a film, programme, etc, that serves as advance publicity before its release or showing. 5 someone or something that trails behind. verb (trailered, trailering) cinema, TV, radio to advertise (a film, programme, etc) with a trailer.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from trail, except noun sense 4 and verb which date from 1920s, so called because in the cinema 'trailers' were shown after the main programme.
trailer noun 1 a cart, usually with two wheels, that can be hooked up behind a car, etc, and which is used for carrying small loads, transporting small boats, etc. 2 the rear section of an articulated lorry, as opposed to the tractor unit. 3 N Amer a caravan. 4 cinema, TV, radio a preview or foretaste, in the form of a brief excerpt or series of such excerpts from a film, programme, etc, that serves as advance publicity before its release or showing. 5 someone or something that trails behind. verb (trailered, trailering) cinema, TV, radio to advertise (a film, programme, etc) with a trailer.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from trail, except noun sense 4 and verb which date from 1920s, so called because in the cinema 'trailers' were shown after the main programme.
trailer noun 1 a cart, usually with two wheels, that can be hooked up behind a car, etc, and which is used for carrying small loads, transporting small boats, etc. 2 the rear section of an articulated lorry, as opposed to the tractor unit. 3 N Amer a caravan. 4 cinema, TV, radio a preview or foretaste, in the form of a brief excerpt or series of such excerpts from a film, programme, etc, that serves as advance publicity before its release or showing. 5 someone or something that trails behind. verb (trailered, trailering) cinema, TV, radio to advertise (a film, programme, etc) with a trailer.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from trail, except noun sense 4 and verb which date from 1920s, so called because in the cinema 'trailers' were shown after the main programme.
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