trundle

  • 1Trundle — is the name of several unrelated things.People*Boo Trundle, a musician *Lee Trundle, an English footballer *Robert Trundle, an American philosopher *Chloe Trundle, a Graphic Designer.Places*Trundle, New South Wales, a town in Australia *Trundle… …

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  • 2Trundle — Trun dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trundled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trundling}.] 1. To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball.… …

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  • 3trundle — 1540s (implied in trundle bed low bed on small wheels ), possibly from M.E. trendle wheel, suspended hoop (early 14c.), from O.E. trendel ring, disk (see TREND (Cf. trend)). Also probably in part from O.Fr. trondeler to roll, which is of Germanic …

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  • 4trundle — [trun′dəl] n. [altered < earlier trendle < OE trendel, a ring, circle < trendan, to roll: see TREND] 1. a small wheel or caster 2. short for TRUNDLE BED 3. a) LANTERN PINION b) …

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  • 5Trundle — Trun dle, n. [AS. tryndel a little shield. See {Trend}, v. i.] 1. A round body; a little wheel. [1913 Webster] 2. A lind of low wheeled cart; a truck. [1913 Webster] 3. A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling… …

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  • 6Trundle — Trun dle, v. i. 1. To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another. [1913 Webster] 2. To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7trundle — ► VERB ▪ move slowly and unevenly on or as if on wheels. ► NOUN ▪ an act of trundling. ORIGIN originally denoting a small wheel or roller: related to obsolete or dialect trendle «revolve», and to TREND(Cf. ↑trend) …

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  • 8trundle — UK [ˈtrʌnd(ə)l] / US verb Word forms trundle : present tense I/you/we/they trundle he/she/it trundles present participle trundling past tense trundled past participle trundled 1) a) [intransitive] to roll slowly on wheels b) [transitive] to push… …

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  • 9trundle — 1. noun a) A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed. My mate went to the toilet to take a trundle. b) A small wheel or roller. Syn: trundle bed 2. verb …

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  • 10Trundle — Recorded as Trendall, Trundle, Trundell and Trundler, this is an English surname. It is locational from the village of Trendale in the parish of Pitminster, Somerset. For reasons unproven, the inhabitants of Trendale seem to have moved as a body… …

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