trundle

[ truhn-dl ]

/ ˈtrʌn dl /

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verb (used with object), trun·dled, trun·dling.

to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.

to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; wheel: The farmer trundled his produce to market in a rickety wagon.

Archaic. to cause to rotate; twirl; spin.

verb (used without object), trun·dled, trun·dling.

to roll along.

to move or run on a wheel or wheels.

to travel in a wheeled vehicle: He got into his car and trundled downtown.

to move or walk with a rolling gait.

noun

a small wheel, roller, or the like.

a lantern wheel.

each of the bars of a lantern wheel.

a truck or carriage on low wheels.

Nearby words

truncate, truncated, truncately, truncation, truncheon, trundle, trundle bed, trundler, trundletail, trunk, trunk cabin

Origin of trundle

First recorded in 1555–65; variant of trindle

Related formstrun·dler, nounun·trun·dled, adjective

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Examples from the Web for trundle

Hitchcock even manages to trundle his way back to my office to see how I'm doing.
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In the morning, we lay sprawled out in her trundle bed, reflecting on how we envisioned our reunion.
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Then, again, wheels are doing their best to trundle an exquisite Scriptural picture out of fashion.
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
Our beds were trundle beds with wheels on them to push them under the big beds.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States|Work Projects Administration

Boz emphasizes it, by way of contrast to Trundle, saying that “he was a wise and discreet fellow.”
Pickwickian Studies|Percy Fitzgerald
A pinion is a small toothed wheel; a trundle is a pinion with cylindrical staves for teeth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 8|Various
We had trundle beds for the children that would run under the big bed when they wasn't sleeping in it.
Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives|Work Projects Administration

British Dictionary definitions for trundle

trundle

/ (ˈtrʌndəl) /

verb

to move heavily on or as if on wheelsthe bus trundled by

(tr) archaic to rotate or spin

noun

the act or an instance of trundling

a small wheel or roller

the pinion of a lantern
any of the bars in a lantern pinion

a small truck with low wheels

Word Origin for trundle

Old English tryndel; related to Middle High German trendel disc

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Word Origin and History for trundle

trundle

1540s (implied in trundle bed "low bed on small wheels"), possibly from Middle English trendle "wheel, suspended hoop" (early 14c.), from Old English trendel "ring, disk" (see trend). Also probably in part from Old French trondeler "to roll," which is of Germanic origin.

trundle

verb (used with object), trun·dled, trun·dling.

verb (used without object), trun·dled, trun·dling.

noun

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