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What (who) is Trundle - definition
trundle
A RARE SPECIES NATIVE TO CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES IN AUSTRALIA.
Trundles; Trundle (disambiguation)
¦ verb move slowly and unevenly on or as if on wheels.
¦ noun an act of trundling.
Origin
C16 (denoting a small wheel or roller): related to obs. or dialect trendle, trindle 'revolve'; related to trend.
Trundle
A RARE SPECIES NATIVE TO CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES IN AUSTRALIA.
Trundles; Trundle (disambiguation)
·vi A round body; a little wheel.
II. Trundle ·vi One of the bars of a lantern wheel.
III. Trundle ·vi A lind of low-wheeled cart; a truck.
IV. Trundle ·vi To roll, or go by revolving, as a hoop.
V. Trundle ·vi A lantern wheel. ·see under Lantern.
VI. Trundle ·vi To go or move on small wheels; as, a bed trundles under another.
VII. Trundle ·vt To roll (a thing) on little wheels; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.
VIII. Trundle ·vt To cause to roll or revolve; to roll along; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball.
IX. Trundle ·vi A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
trundle
A RARE SPECIES NATIVE TO CENTRAL NEW SOUTH WALES IN AUSTRALIA.
Trundles; Trundle (disambiguation)
(trundles, trundling, trundled)
1.
If a vehicle trundles somewhere, it moves there slowly, often with difficulty or an irregular movement.
The train eventually trundled in at 7.54.
VERB: V prep/adv
2.
If you trundle something somewhere, especially a small, heavy object with wheels, you move or roll it along slowly.
The old man lifted the barrow and trundled it away...
VERB: V n adv/prep
3.
If you say that someone is trundling somewhere, you mean that they are walking slowly, often in a tired way or with heavy steps.
Girls trundle in carrying heavy book bags.
VERB: V adv/prep
Examples of use of Trundle
1. This continent–sized nation with Himalayan promise and problems can transform, trundle or transgress.
2. The parish clerk of Bigbury, Pam Trundle, said: "We don‘t feel welcome.
3. It means that Operation Paget, the ongoing 4m investigation into her death, will have to trundle on without him.
4. Changes to transport regulations mean that some 1,400 HGVs will be allowed to trundle through rural lanes day and night.
5. Eight years ago, I sat over dinner in the Royal Festival Hall watching buses trundle over Waterloo Bridge.