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Dictionary: trun·dle   (trŭn'dl) pronunciation

n.
  1. A small wheel or roller.
  2. The motion or noise of rolling.
  3. A trundle bed.
  4. A low-wheeled cart; a dolly.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles.

v.tr.
  1. To push or propel on wheels or rollers: "I doubt if Emerson could trundle a wheelbarrow through the streets" (Henry David Thoreau).
  2. To spin; twirl.
v.intr.
To move along by or as if by rolling or spinning.

[Variant of dialectal trendle, wheel, from Middle English, from Old English trendel, circle.]

trundler trun'dler n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  Synonyms: trundle bed, truckle bed, truckle

Meaning #2: small wheel or roller


The verb trundle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: move heavily; of vehicles, such as streetcars


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - rulle, trille
v. intr. - rulle trille
n. - rulle, valse

idioms:

  • trundle bed    lav seng på ruller

Nederlands (Dutch)
(voort)rollen, slenteren, rol(wagentje)

Français (French)
v. tr. - pousser
v. intr. - avancer lourdement
n. - poussée

idioms:

  • trundle bed    (US) lit gigogne

Deutsch (German)
v. - rollen
n. - Rolle, kleiner Rollwagen

idioms:

  • trundle bed    (niedriges) Rollbett (zum Unterschieben unter ein höheres)

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κυλώ, τσουλώ (βαριά)
n. - τροχίσκος, καρούλι, ροδάκι

idioms:

  • trundle bed    συρταρωτό κρεβάτι (κάτω από άλλο κρεβάτι)

Italiano (Italian)
rotolare, rullo

idioms:

  • trundle bed    letto a rotelle

Português (Portuguese)
v. - rodar, rolar
n. - rodízio (m), rodinha (f)

idioms:

  • trundle bed    cama que se move sobre rodas

Русский (Russian)
катить, везти, отправлять, отсылать

idioms:

  • trundle bed    небольшая раскладная постель на колесиках

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hacer rodar
v. intr. - rodar, ir sobre ruedas
n. - rueda pequeña, rodillo, movimiento o ruido de lo que rueda, linterna de engranaje, carretilla de ruedas pequeñas

idioms:

  • trundle bed    cama baja con ruedas

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rulla, trilla
n. - (litet) hjul, trissa, drev, vals, rulle, (låg) rullvagn

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使滚动, 使旋转, 滚, 扔球, 推, 小车轮, 滚动, 脚轮

idioms:

  • trundle bed    有脚轮的矮床

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使滾動, 使旋轉
v. intr. - 滾, 扔球, 推
n. - 小車輪, 滾動, 腳輪

idioms:

  • trundle bed    有腳輪的矮床

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 굴리다, 수레로 운반하다
v. intr. - 구르다, 회전하다
n. - 다리 바퀴, 구르기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 回転
v. - 転がす, ごろごろ動かす

idioms:

  • trundle bed    キャスター付きベッド, 脚輪付き寝台

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدور, يتدحرج (الاسم) دولاب صغير, دحروجه, بكرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גילגל, דחף‬
v. intr. - ‮התגלגל‬
n. - ‮גלגל קטן‬


 
 
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