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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

/ ˈ³Ù°ùÊŒ²Ô»åÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. to move heavily on or as if on wheels

    the bus trundled by

  2. archaic.
    tr to rotate or spin
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of trundling
  2. a small wheel or roller
    1. the pinion of a lantern
    2. any of the bars in a lantern pinion
  3. a small truck with low wheels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù°ù³Ü²Ôd±ô±ð°ù noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù°ù³Ü²Ôd±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trundle1

First recorded in 1555–65; variant of trindle
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of trundle1

Old English tryndel ; related to Middle High German trendel disc
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Trucks and cars trundle past, weighed down with people's belongings.

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Kids and Koala Crisp Then the kids start to get up and trundle in — the younger ones, who are 12, 10 and 8.

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I trundled home from the hospital in a daze, with my daughter in her pram.

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Both have done away with them, leaving Kolkata as the only Indian city to hold onto the trundling streetcars.

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Thousands of foreign forces in air-conditioned vehicles trundled through the Sahelian steppe, trying to take out terrorist leaders.

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