1. An advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future
   "The trailer for the upcoming blockbuster generated a lot of excitement";
   - preview, prevue
    
2. A wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy
   "They hitched the trailer to their car";
   - travel trailer [N. Amer], caravan [Brit], camper trailer
    
3. A large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor
   "The moving company loaded all our belongings into a spacious trailer"
    
4. A trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle
   "The truck driver carefully backed the trailer into the loading dock";
   - semitrailer [N. Amer], semi [N. Amer, informal]
    
5. [N. Amer] A large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing
   "They decided to live in a house trailer while saving money for a traditional house";
   - mobile home, manufactured home [N. Amer], house trailer [N. Amer]
    
6. Someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
   "The trailer was always the last to leave the office";
   - dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger

1. Transport on a trailer
   "We had to trailer my old car to the dump"

Derived forms: trailers, trailering, trailered

Type of: ad [informal], advert [Brit], advertisement, advertising, advertizement [US, non-standard], advertizing [US, non-standard], bum [N. Amer, informal], conveyance, deadbeat [informal], do-nothing [informal], housing, idler, layabout [informal], living accommodations, loafer, lodging, shirker [informal], slacker [informal], transport, wheeled vehicle

Part of: articulated lorry [Brit], rig [N. Amer], semi [N. Amer, informal], tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig

Encyclopedia: Trailer