trundle

[truhn-dl]

verb (used with object)

trundled, trundling 

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

2. to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; wheel.

   The farmer trundled his produce to market in a rickety wagon.

3. Archaic.,  to cause to rotate; twirl; spin.

verb (used without object)

trundled, trundling 

1. to roll along.

2. to move or run on a wheel or wheels.

3. to travel in a wheeled vehicle.

   He got into his car and trundled downtown.

4. to move or walk with a rolling gait.

noun

1. a small wheel, roller, or the like.

2. a lantern wheel.

3. each of the bars of a lantern wheel.

4. a truck or carriage on low wheels.

trundle

/ ˈtrʌndəl /

verb

1. to move heavily on or as if on wheels

   the bus trundled by

2. archaic,  (tr) to rotate or spin

noun

1. the act or an instance of trundling

2. a small wheel or roller

3. 1. the pinion of a lantern

   2. any of the bars in a lantern pinion

4. a small truck with low wheels

Other Word Forms

• trundler noun
• untrundled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trundle¹

First recorded in 1555–65; variant of trindle

Word History and Origins

Origin of trundle¹

Old English tryndel ; related to Middle High German trendel disc

Example Sentences

Yet stocks have continued to trundle higher regardless.

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Stocks trundled higher all summer with few interruptions.

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Mr. Chen shows the family trundling in a horse-drawn cart toward forbidding mountains wreathed in mist.

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Outside, along the valley's winding roads, lorries and bulldozers trundle up to the disaster site.

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Stokes, in the covers, swooped and threw off-balance at the bowler's end, catching the trundling Pant short of his ground.

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Related Words

• pivot 
• revolve 
• spin 
• swivel 
• twirl 
• twist 
• whirl