trundle

American  

[truhn-dl] / ˈtrʌn 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.

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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 British  

/ ˈtrʌndəl /

verb

1. to move heavily on or as if on wheels

   the bus trundled by

2. archaic (tr) to rotate or spin

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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

Etymology

Origin of trundle

First recorded in 1555–65; variant of trindle

Example Sentences

The performers trundle the keyboard instruments out for use and then off again.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a child, Plant recalls trundling in his family’s car through interesting, evocative landscapes and, “Misty Mountains that actually were misty mountains,” he says, making another of his not-infrequent Zeppelin asides.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet stocks have continued to trundle higher regardless.

From MarketWatch

Stocks trundled higher all summer with few interruptions.

From MarketWatch

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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