Word Study
trundle
CIDE DICTIONARY
- A round body; a little wheel. [1913 Webster]
- A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck. [1913 Webster]
- A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion. [1913 Webster]
- A lantern wheel. See under Lantern. [1913 Webster]
trundle, v. t.
- To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage. [1913 Webster]
- To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball. R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster]
trundle, v. i.
- To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another. [1913 Webster]
- To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
trundle, v.tr. & intr. roll or move heavily or noisily esp. on or as on wheels.
Idiom
trundle-bed = TRUCKLE(1).
Etymology
var. of obs. or dial. trendle, trindle, f. OE trendel circle (as TREND)
THESAURUS
trundle
advance, bowl, bunt, butt, drive, forward, furl, impel, move, pedal, pole, propel, push, roll, roll up, row, shove, shunt, sweep, sweep along, thrust, treadle, trollROGET THESAURUS
trundle
Propulsion
VB propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.Rotation
VB rotate, roll along, revolve, spin, turn round, circumvolve, circulate, gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette, twirl, trundle, troll, bowl, roll up, furl, wallow, welter, box the compass, spin like a top, spin like a teetotum, spin out.For further exploring for "trundle" in Webster Dictionary Online