trundling along
Rolling forward steadily
Trundling along describes slow, steady, somewhat heavy movement—a cart trundling along a cobblestone street, a bus trundling along its route.
The phrase suggests unhurried progress with a sense of weight or rumbling motion.
It often implies plodding reliability rather than speed: The old truck came trundling along the dirt road.
- cartingMoving cargo by wagon
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
heavy laden · slow and steady · barrow · wheeled · trolleying · carriage · ambling · momentum · meandering · journeying · on its way · clattering · unhurried · at a snail's pace · shuffling · rumbling · creeping · trod
motion state
trundling alongstanding still
Absence of motion
stationary · stopped · at a standstill · motionless · parked