trundle
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dl verb (used with object)
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)
4.
to roll along.
5.
to move or run on a wheel or wheels.
6.
to travel in a wheeled vehicle: He got into his car and trundled downtown.
7.
to move or walk with a rolling gait.
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noun
8.
a small wheel, roller, or the like.
9.
a lantern wheel.
10.
each of the bars of a lantern wheel.
11.
a truck or carriage on low wheels.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to move heavily on or as if on wheels: the bus trundled by |
| 2. | archaic (tr) to rotate or spin |
| —n | |
| 3. | the act or an instance of trundling |
| 4. | a small wheel or roller |
| 5. | a. the pinion of a lantern |
| b. any of the bars in a lantern pinion | |
| 6. | a small truck with low wheels |
| [Old English tryndel; related to Middle High German trendel disc] | |
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Word Origin & History
trundle
1542 (implied in trundle bed "low bed on small wheels"), possibly from M.E. trendle "wheel, suspended hoop" (1324), from O.E. trendel "ring, disk" (see trend). Also probably in part from O.Fr. trondeler "to roll," which is of Gmc. origin.
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Example sentences
The kids' bedroom includes trundle bedding and soft furniture along with toys, books and games.
Powered by solar panels, it will trundle across bathtubs or pools.
Others trundle about inside experimental greenhouses.
Most ski slope chairlifts were designed--no surprise--to trundle skiers up the slopes for another run.
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