truckle

5 definitions found

truckle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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  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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truckle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  truckle
      n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: trundle bed
           , trundle, truckle bed, truckle]
      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, truckle,
         bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]

truckle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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