Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Trundle |
TrundleNoun1. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed. 2. Small wheel or roller. Verb1. Move heavily; of vehicles, such as streetcars. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trundle" was first used: 1564. (references) |
Note: Trundle \Trun"dle\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Trundled; Trundling.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: TrundleSynonyms: truckle (n), truckle bed (n), trundle bed (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Regression | Put in motion, set in motion; set agoing, start; give a start, give an impulse to; impel; trundle; (set in rotation); expel. |
Rotation | Verb: rotate; roll along; revolve, spin; turn round; circumvolve; circulate; gyre, gyrate, wheel, whirl, pirouette; twirl, trundle, troll, bowl. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Trundle |
| English words defined with "trundle": Trendle, Trindle, Trundled, Trundling ♦ Wallower. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "trundle": Trendle. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Frankfort, Michigan. Old-fashioned wooden trundle bed. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Trundle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 47.83% of the time. "Trundle" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 47.83% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 34.78% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.39% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "trundle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Trundle | Last name | 170 | 48,949 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "trundle": trundle a hoop ♦ trundle along ♦ trundle bed ♦ trundle on. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "trundle": Trundle-bed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "trundle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, carry over, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, urge, waive, walk), rrokullis (roll, upset). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تدحرج (comb, drive, roll, roulade, tumble down), عربة خفيضة صغيرة, دفع بمجهود, دولاب (gear, wheel), دحرج (roll along), بكرة (bobbin, eldest, pulley, roller, tackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | търкаляне (roll, rolling), търкалям (roll, tumble about), возя (convey, ride, tool), малко колелце, малка ролка, легло на колелца (trundle bed), движа на колелца. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 移动 (Budge, Budged, Budging, Inched, Inching, MOVE). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | trakař (Barrow, wheelbarrow, wheel-barrow), tlaèit (hurt, jostle, pack, pinch, press, push, throng, thrust, wheel), valivé koleèko, valit se (roll along), kutálet se (roll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tromle med rulleringe (trundle rolling hoop drum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rolbandvat (trundle rolling hoop drum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | چرخیدن (Pivot, Reel, Revolve, Rollup, Rotate, Swing, Trill, Troll, Turquoise, Twirl, Wheel, Whirl, Windmill, Wry), چرخک (Caster, Pulley, Whirligig), گشتن (Go, Goggle, Grow, Roam, Roll, Search, Swirl, Troll, Turquoise), غلتک (Roll, Roller, Sledge), غلتاندن (Roll, Turnover), غل خوردن , تراندن (Roll), بارکش کوتاه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rullavannetynnyri (trundle rolling hoop drum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se rouler, roulette (truckle), rouler bruyamment, pousser avec effort, faire rouler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schieben (push, push across, push along, push out, push over, put, shove, shuffle, shunt, slide, slip, thrust, to shuffle, traffic in, wangle, wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλιόμαι (grovel, roll, truckle, welter), κυλίω (bowl, roll, truckle), καρούλι (reel), καροτσάκι (cart, pram, push cart, trolley), τροχίσκοσ (caster, roller, rowel, troche). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"ת'ל'ל (emerge, happen, roll, roll along, wheel), ל'ל'ל (bring about, knead, revolve, roll). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | görgõkerék, görgõ (caster, Castor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rotolare (bowl, roll, roll over, run), avanzare lentamente (crawl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | saih (impale, impalement, plant, stab, stabbing, thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | undletray rolar (roll, troll, wheel), revolver (circle, fossick, grub, roll, run, spade, tousle, turn over, upturn, wamble), girar (circle, circuit, dance, gyrate, pivot, revolve, slue, slue round, spin, swing, troll, turn, turn around, turn back, turn round, twiddle, wind), fazer rolar (bowl, roll), bolar (dream up, kick, serve). (various references) tãvãli (besmirch), se rostogoli (bowl, roll, sprawl, tumble), se duce de-a dura. (various references) ролик (block, pulley, roll, roller), колесико. (various references) mali točak (truckle), kotrljati (roll, wheel), kotrljanje (coasting, roll, troll, wheeling). (various references) rodar (knock about, live up, roll, roll about, roll along, rotate, run in, wheel), llevar (bear, bear out, blow, bring, bring along, bring around, bring round, carry, carry off, carry on, cart, convey, deliver, drive, encroach on, enter up, ferryboat, fetch, have, have on, heave, hump, hunch, keep, lead, live, live through, live up, lug, model, run, see, spend, sport, take, take along, take over, tote, transport, truck, tug, wash, wear, whip, whirl, whisk), hacer rodar (bowl, roll, wheel), hacer correr (live up, put about, put around, put out, race, run), arrastrar (blow away, creep, drag, draw, grovel, haul, haulage, heave, lay, pull, pull along, schlep, scrape, scuff, tow, trail, tug, wash down). (various references) rulla (bowl, heave, labor, labour, list, move, muster roll, reel, register, roll, scroll, toss, twiddle, welter, wheel). (various references) tekerlek (roller, tire, truckle, tyre, wheel), yuvarlayarak taşımak, yuvarlanmak (bowl, roll, roll over, roll up, shoot, trickle, trundle along, tumble, wallow, welter, wheel), yuvarlamak (belt down, bowl, elide, roll, slosh down, toss off), yuvarlama, iterek sürmek. (various references) тікати (abscond, beat, bung off, chivvy, chivy, elope, flee, go off, hop it, light out, run away, scat, scoot, scram, scurry away, skedaddle, skirr), котитися (roll, wheel), котити (bowl, roll, wheel), відсилати (bundle, order, pack off, relegate, send away, send off, ship off). (various references) powlio (roll, wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | trendel. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | trendle. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trundle": trundled, trundler, trundlers, trundles. (additional references) | |
| |
"Trundle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: brundle, Frindle, Grundle, Krondel, Trendle, tridle, Trousdell, Truande, truddle, trudle, trund, trundler, Trundley, tudle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trundle" (pronounced tru"ndul) |
| 6 | -r u" n d u l | Rundle. |
| 5 | -u" n d u l | bundle, unbundle. |
| 4 | -n d u l | bindle, Brindle, candle, dwindle, fondle, handle, kindle, manhandle, mishandle, panhandle, rekindle, sandal, scandal, spindle, swindle, vandal, Windle. |
| 3 | -d u l | addle, alkaloidal, antipodal, astraddle, backpedal, beadle, Bedell, befuddle, Boodle, bridal, bridle, caboodle, caudal, caudle, Coddle, colloidal, cradle, cuddle, dawdle, Doodle, feudal, fiddle, genocidal, girdle, homicidal, huddle, hurdle, idle, idol, idyll, intermodal, intertidal, ladle, medal, meddle, middle, minoxidil, modal, model, mollycoddle, muddle, needle, noodle, paddle, pedal, peddle, Piddle, poodle, puddle, pyramidal, remodel, rhizoidal, riddle, Ruddle, saddle, Seidel, sidle, straddle, suicidal, supermodel, tidal, toddle, twaddle, Tweedle, twiddle, Waddle, Wedel, widdle, yodel. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: rundlet. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-l-n-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: lunted, nurled, rundle, runlet, turned. | |
-2 letters: lunet, lured, luted, nuder, ruled, trend, trued, tuned, tuner, under, unled, unlet. | |
-3 letters: delt, dent, duel, duet, dune, dunt, dure, durn, lend, lent, leud, lude, lune, lunt, lure, lute, nerd, nude, nurd, nurl, rend, rent, rude, rued, rule, rune, runt, tend, tern, true, tule, tune, turd, turn. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-l-n-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: dentural, gruntled, roundlet, rundlets, trundled, trundler, trundles, underlet, underlit. | |
+2 letters: interlude, outlander, prudently, roundlets, trundlers, unaltered, underlets, underplot, unrelated. | |
+3 letters: adulterant, adulterine, bladdernut, crenulated, disgruntle, fraudulent, granulated, interludes, laundrette, outlanders, outlearned, prudential, roundtable, rudimental, tendrilous, ultradense, uncultured, underplots, unfiltered, unlettered, untraveled, untroubled, wanderlust. | |
+4 letters: adulterants, bladdernuts, blueprinted, delustering, disgruntled, disgruntles, faultfinder, fluorinated, imprudently, incredulity, launderette, laundrettes, naturalised, naturalized, neutralised, neutralized, pastureland, radiolucent, reductional, redundantly, roundtables, thunderbolt, thunderclap, transvalued, ultramodern, uncluttered, unliberated, unregulated, untrammeled, volunteered, wanderlusts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.