Definitions for: Truckle


[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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed

See Also: bed, blandish, court favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour, flatter, relent, soften, yield

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