DictionarytrundleSlow rolling movement
verb

trundle

TRUN-duhl/ˈtrʌndl/

To move or make something move slowly and heavily, usually on wheels.

The woman trundles a heavy cart along the path.

An older white woman slowly pushes a heavy wooden cart loaded with sacks over a garden path.
Etymology

The noun named a small, heavy wheel used to support weight. The verb first described rolling something along a surface, an image retained in the sense of moving slowly and heavily.

In context

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I'm thinking the best thing I can do is to trundle the old lady down to my mother
1920s Mystery Audiobook • Dorothy L. Sayers - Whose Body?

More examples

  • She trundled the suitcase across the station.
  • An old bus trundled past the shops.
  • He was trundling a wheelbarrow toward the shed.

Forms

trundle · trundles · trundled · trundling

Similar words

roll
Roll is general; trundle suggests slow, heavy or lumbering movement.
lumber
Lumber describes heavy movement, usually without requiring wheels.