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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.
    (N Amer)
    3. 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
    1. 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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