'Truckle' definitions:

Definition of 'truckle'

(from WordNet)
noun
A low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed, truckle]
verb
Yield to out of weakness
verb
Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]

Definition of 'Truckle'

From: GCIDE
  • Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Truckle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Truckle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. --Norris. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'truckle'

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