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trailer

[ trey-ler ]

noun

  1. a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road. Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
  2. Also called travel trailer. a vehicle attached to an automobile and used as a mobile home or place of business, usually equipped with furniture, kitchen facilities, bathroom, etc. Compare tent trailer.
  3. a person or thing that trails.
  4. a trailing plant.
  5. a short promotional film composed of clips showing highlights of a movie due for release in the near future.
  6. blank film at the end of a reel or strip of film, for winding off the film in a motion-picture camera or projector. Compare leader ( def 6 ).
  7. Ceramics. a can with a spout, used in slip trailing.


trailer

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noun

  1. a road vehicle, usually two-wheeled, towed by a motor vehicle: used for transporting boats, etc
  2. the part of an articulated lorry that is drawn by the cab
  3. 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. a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)caravan
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trailer1

First recorded in 1580–90; trail + -er 1
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He highlighted some initiatives already in motion at some theaters — limited trailers, daily deals, extended matinee pricing and grassroots marketing.

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The trailer showed Cruise, who is famous for doing his own stunts, in a series of action-packed scenes - on fighter jets, in explosions and wing walking on a vintage plane.

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When McCarthy and his friend finally loaded the map onto a trailer and took it to Altadena, it drew a crowd before they could even put it on the ground.

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“After so many years, I think it’s time to set the record straight,†says Saldívar in a trailer for the show, speaking from inside Mountain View Prison in Gatesville, Texas, where she’s been since 1995.

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Last summer, she thanked fans for their response to the film's trailer in a post on X, adding, "and always remember, free Palestine".

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