TRUNDLE

[verb] [usually + adverb or preposition] - (to cause something) to move slowly and unevenly on wheelsShe trundled the wheelbarrow down the garden. [T]Hundreds of trucks full of fruit and vegetables trundle across the border each day. [I]There were a lot of delays and we were trundling along very slowly for most of the journey. [I](figurative) The property market has been trundling along (= been only slightly active) for several months and there is no sign yet of a significant recovery. [I](figurative disapproving) The negotiations have been trundling on (= developing slowly) for months and there's still no end in sight. [I](figurative disapproving) They seem to trundle out the same old films (= they broadcast them) every Christmas. [M]A trundle bed is a low bed on wheels which is stored under an ordinary bed ready for use by visitors.See picture: Beds