What does "trundle" mean?

Ellipsis of trundle bed (“a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed”).

What is a synonym for "trundle"?

Common synonyms include: truckle, truckle bed, trundle bed, roll, trundle bed, advance.

//ˈtɹʌndəl// name, noun, verb

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Noun

1
Ellipsis of trundle bed (“a low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
""When he comes back will be turned out." "But I always knew it was a one-year job." "Oh you don't mind being like a rented article from Hertz's, like a trundle bed or a baby's potty?""
2
small wheel or roller wordnet
3
A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things. obsolete
"[…] you may […] place the whole weighty Clod upon a Trundle to be convey’d, and Replanted where you please,"
4
a low bed to be slid under a higher bed wordnet
5
A small wheel or roller. obsolete

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6
A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
"There was something expert and even vicious in the flick of Paul’s arm and the hard momentary trundle of the [cricket] ball along the curving rails."
7
The sound made by an object being moved on wheels.
"[…] an old man who could always be located from far away by the sound of a scythe or the trundle of a wheelbarrow."
8
A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
"The Cog-wheels in most Wind-Mills are (in the diameter) 8. foot or under […] the trundle is at the least two foot, which is 4. to one."
9
A spool or skein of golden thread (chiefly in the arms of the Embroiderers Company, now the Company of Broderers). rare
"between as many Trundles, Or […]"

Verb

1
To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily. transitive
"Every morning, the vendors trundle their carts out into the market."
2
move heavily wordnet
3
To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
"[…] they are attended like the Lords and Princes of the earth, with mighty retinues, and are carryed in coaches with foure or six horses a peece in them, when a wheele barrow such as they trundle white wine vineger about the towne were a great deale fitter for them […]"
4
To move heavily (on wheels). intransitive
"[…] he can glibly run over Non-sense, as an empty Cart trundles down a Hill."
5
To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily. transitive
"I’ll clap a pair of horses to your chaise that shall trundle you off in a twinkling,"

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To move, often heavily or clumsily. intransitive
"Betty. They are gone Sir, in great Anger. / Pet[ulant]. Enough, let 'em trundle. Anger helps Complexion, ſaves Paint."
7
To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along. transitive
"to trundle a hoop or a ball"
8
To roll or revolve; to roll along. intransitive
"At Chrystes death, whan the Apostles all Theyr mayster dyd leaue, throughe mutabylytie Men were founde lyght, and trundlynge as a ball In them was no fayth, but infydelytye"