trundle

[truhn-dl]

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verb (used with object)

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.

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verb (used without object)

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.

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noun

a small wheel, roller, or the like.

a lantern wheel.

10.

each of the bars of a lantern wheel.

11.

a truck or carriage on low wheels.

Origin:
1555–65; variant of trindle

Related forms

trun·dler, noun

un·trun·dled, adjective

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World English Dictionary

trundle (ˈtrʌnd^əl)

—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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