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trundle definition

trun·dle (trun′dəl)

noun

  1. a small wheel or caster
  2. trundle bed
    1. lantern pinion
    2. any of its bars
  4. Obsolete a small cart or truck with low wheels

Etymology: altered < earlier trendle < OE trendel, a ring, circle < trendan, to roll: see trend

transitive verb, intransitive verb trundled -·dled, trundling -·dling

  1. to roll along
  2. to move along in a wheeled vehicle
  3. to rotate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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