Truckle \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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Truckle \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.
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Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Truckle \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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
truckle
n : a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: trundle bed,
trundle, truckle bed]
v 1: yield to out of weakness
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, bootlick,
kowtow, kotow, suck up]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "truckle":
apple-polish, bootlick, bow, brown-nose, butter up, cower, crawl,
cringe, defer, fall all over, fawn upon, follow, genuflect, grovel,
knuckle down, knuckle under, kowtow, quail, salaam, scrape, submit,
succumb, suck up to, tag, tail, toady, trail, yield
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed
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