trundle
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cause (a circular object) to roll along; roll.
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to convey or move in a wagon, cart, or other wheeled vehicle; wheel.
The farmer trundled his produce to market in a rickety wagon.
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Archaic. to cause to rotate; twirl; spin.
verb (used without object)
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to roll along.
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to move or run on a wheel or wheels.
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to travel in a wheeled vehicle.
He got into his car and trundled downtown.
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to move or walk with a rolling gait.
noun
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a small wheel, roller, or the like.
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a lantern wheel.
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each of the bars of a lantern wheel.
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a truck or carriage on low wheels.
verb
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to move heavily on or as if on wheels
the bus trundled by
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archaic (tr) to rotate or spin
noun
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the act or an instance of trundling
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a small wheel or roller
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the pinion of a lantern
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any of the bars in a lantern pinion
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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
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On a recent afternoon, tractors trundled up and down Vokzalna Street, where an internationally-funded reconstruction project is aimed at erasing the traces of war.
From Reuters
After the 21-year-old man was gunned down in January, police swarmed the neighborhood, a helicopter swooping in and an armored vehicle known as “the Beast” trundling along the potholed roads.
From Washington Post
No state has moved more aggressively to decarbonize drayage than California, where 33,500 trucks trundle in and out of ports and rail yards.
From Salon
Mine is technically also our guest bedroom — we have plans to put in a trundle bed / couch-type thing just behind where I usually sit, but it doubles as a pretty spacious office.
From The Verge
A moody interlude next, as we watch a car trundle down a lonely highway at night and a family snooze in a derelict-looking farmhouse.
From The Guardian
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