trundle

Meanings

Noun

• A low bed on wheels that can be rolled underneath another bed.
• A low wagon or cart on small wheels, used to transport things.
• A small wheel or roller.
• A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers; a rolling motion.
• The sound made by an object being moved on wheels.
• A lantern wheel, or one of its bars.
• A spool of golden thread.

Verb

• To wheel or roll (an object on wheels), especially by pushing, often slowly or heavily.
• To transport (something or someone) using an object on wheels, especially one that is pushed.
• To move heavily (on wheels).
• To move (something or someone), often heavily or clumsily.
• To move, often heavily or clumsily.
• To cause (something) to roll or revolve; to roll (something) along.
• To roll or revolve; to roll along.

Origin

• From a variation of trendle, trindle. More at trindle.