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Trundle

Definition: Trundle

Trundle

Noun

1. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed.

2. Small wheel or roller.

Verb

1. 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: Trundle

Synonyms: truckle (n), truckle bed (n), trundle bed (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Trundle

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Trundle

English words defined with "trundle": Trendle, Trindle, Trundled, TrundlingWallower. (references)
Etymologies containing "trundle": Trendle. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Trundle

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Trundle

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Frankfort, Michigan. Old-fashioned wooden trundle bed. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Trundle

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)47.83%11106,044
Lexical Verb (base form)34.78%8124,375
Noun (singular)17.39%4175,879
                    Total100.00%23N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Trundle

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
TrundleLast name17048,949
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Trundle

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Trundle

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

trundle bed

983

bed daybeds trundle

6

trundle

82

bed discount trundle

6

day bed trundle

50

trundle frame

6

daybed trundle

41

double bed trundle

6

trundle twin bed

32

trundle mattress

6

trundle bed bunk

23

trundle bed mattress

5

trundle bed frame

22

bed buy trundle where

5

kid trundle bed

22

trundle bed full

5

daybeds with trundle

22

day bed with trundle bed

5

child trundle bed

17

bed girl trundle

5

pop up trundle

14

travel trundle

4

trundle bed plan

14

trundle bed cover

4

pop up trundle bed

14

bed build trundle

4

bed sleigh trundle

12

daybed pop trundle up

4

bed iron trundle

12

wood trundle bed

4

bed captain trundle

10

trundle bed kit

3

furniture bed trundle

9

bed bed bunk trundle

3

bed trundle white

9

travel and trundle bed

3

bed full size trundle

9

trundle unit

3

travel n trundle

8

travel n trundle bed

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Trundle

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

tãvãli (besmirch), se rostogoli (bowl, roll, sprawl, tumble), se duce de-a dura. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ролик (block, pulley, roll, roller), колесико. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

mali točak (truckle), kotrljati (roll, wheel), kotrljanje (coasting, roll, troll, wheeling). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

rulla (bowl, heave, labor, labour, list, move, muster roll, reel, register, roll, scroll, toss, twiddle, welter, wheel). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Ukrainian

  

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)

   

Welsh

  

powlio (roll, wheel). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Trundle

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

trendel. (various references)

Middle English1100-1500

trendle. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Trundle

Derivations

Words beginning with "trundle": trundled, trundler, trundlers, trundles. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Trundle"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "trundle" (pronounced tru"ndul)
6-r u" n d u lRundle.
5-u" n d u lbundle, unbundle.
4-n d u lbindle, Brindle, candle, dwindle, fondle, handle, kindle, manhandle, mishandle, panhandle, rekindle, sandal, scandal, spindle, swindle, vandal, Windle.
3-d u laddle, 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.

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Anagrams: Trundle

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.

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INDEX

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


  

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