trailer

  1. Noun.  (Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle, usually open-topped, towed behind another, and used for carrying equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle..
  2. Noun.  (British) Any vehicle designed to be towed, with the exception of a caravan.
  3. Noun.  (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
  4. Noun.  (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
  5. Noun.  (context, mainly US) A preview of a film or TV show.
  6. Noun.  (computing) A usually invalid value used to signal the end of a list of data, often sorting last alphabetically ("ZZZZZ") or numerically ("99999") among all possible valid values; especially common in punched cards, where the final card is called a ''trailer card''.
  7. Noun.  someone or something that trails.
  8. Noun.  (networking) the last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
  9. Verb.  To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

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