Trundling

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of trundle: the motion of something that trundles. form-of, gerund

    "[T]he inmates of the coach, by numerous hard, painful joltings, and ponderous, dragging trundlings, are suddenly made sensible of some great change in the character of the road."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trundle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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circulationfull circlegyrationpivotingreelingrevolution

Example

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"The train came trundling slowly down the track."

Etymology

From trundle + -ing.

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