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What does trailer mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word trailer? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Someone who or something that trails.
  2. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
  3. An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
  4. (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
  5. (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination, but typically is permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
  6. (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
  7. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
  8. (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
  9. (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
Verb
  1. To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
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