What does trundle mean?

Definitions for trundle
ˈtrʌn dltrun·dle

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word trundle.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed, trucklenoun

    a low bed to be slid under a higher bed

  2. trundleverb

    small wheel or roller

  3. trundleverb

    move heavily

    "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"

Wiktionary

  1. trundlenoun

    A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.

  2. trundlenoun

    A small wheel or roller.

  3. trundlenoun

    The process of defecating (compare a liquid trundle).

    My mate went to the toilet to take a trundle.

  4. trundleverb

    To wheel or roll, especially by pushing.

    Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market.

  5. trundleverb

    To (cause to) roll slowly and heavily on wheels.

  6. trundleverb

    Move heavily (on wheels).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Trundlenoun

    Any round rolling thing.

    Etymology: trendl , Saxon.

  2. To Trundleverb

    To roll; to bowl along.

    Etymology: trondeler, Picard French; trendl , a bowl, Saxon.

    In the four first it is heaved up by several spondees intermixed with proper breathing places, and at last trundles down in a continued line of dactyls. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 253.

ChatGPT

  1. trundle

    Trundle generally refers to the act of moving or rolling something slowly and heavily. It can also refer to a low bed or cot on wheels that can be stored under a regular bed, often used as a compact sleeping arrangement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trundleverb

    a round body; a little wheel

  2. Trundleverb

    a lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck

  3. Trundleverb

    a motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion

  4. Trundleverb

    a lantern wheel. See under Lantern

  5. Trundleverb

    one of the bars of a lantern wheel

  6. Trundleverb

    to roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage

  7. Trundleverb

    to cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball

  8. Trundleverb

    to go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another

  9. Trundleverb

    to roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop

Wikidata

  1. Trundle

    Trundle is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 379 in 2006, including 23 indigenous people and 23 foreign-born people. It lies in wheat-growing country and is on the Bogan Gate to Tottenham railway line, completed to Trundle in 1907.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Trundle

    trun′dl, n. anything round: a wheel: a truck: a trundle-bed: (her.) a. spool of golden thread.—v.t to roll, as on wheels.—v.i. to roll: twirl: bowl along.—ns. Trun′dle-bed, a bed moving on trundles or low wheels: a truckle-bed; Trun′dle-tail (Shak.), a round tail, a dog with a tail curled up. [A.S. trendel, a circle, wheel.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TRUNDLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Trundle is ranked #57101 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Trundle surname appeared 357 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Trundle.

    85.7% or 306 total occurrences were White.
    5.8% or 21 total occurrences were Black.
    3.3% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    3% or 11 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of trundle in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of trundle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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Translations for trundle

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  • litFrench
  • trundleHindi
  • trundle-bed, bed op wieltjes, rolwieltjeDutch
  • trille, skrangleNorwegian
  • катить, ролик, катать, кататься, колёсико, катитьсяRussian

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