trolleybus

noun

trol·​ley·​bus ˈträ-lē-ˌbəs 

: a bus that is powered electrically by two overhead wires

Examples of trolleybus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two people were injured in Saturday’s attack, Kyiv’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, adding that the strike damaged the road and the power supply system that delivers electricity to a trolleybus, as well as suspended some traffic across the river. — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said the strike on the bridge damaged the road surface and trolleybus cables, forcing traffic to be suspended. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Ukrainian rescuers extinguish a fire in a trolleybus depot following a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv on Friday. — Reuters, NBC news, 30 May 2025

Vilnius is overhauling its public transport with 297 new electric buses and trolleybuses to replace its aging fleet and reduce fossil fuel use. — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

Only a few cities that were willing to provide significant operating subsidies, including San Francisco and Boston, were able to maintain better bus networks and some trolleybuses. — Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023

But repairs have been underway; for example, on February 16, electric trams and trolleybuses started running in Kyiv again. — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2023

Modern trolleybuses plying the city’s streets all carry a notice saying they were purchased with funds donated by the European Union. — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2019

Metro maintains 70 miles of dual-wire trolleybus corridor, the second-largest system of just six in North America. — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above