Meaning of TRUCKLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'trukul
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- [n] a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- [v] tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
- [v] yield to out of weakness
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| | Synonyms: | | bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed |
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| | See Also: | | bed, blandish, court favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour, flatter, relent, soften, yield | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the
kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more
pulleys. See {Truck} a wheel.]
A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras.
\Truc"kle\, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in
allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil
slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
submit; to creep. ``Small, trucking states.'' --Burke.
Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
\Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Truckling}.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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