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truckle


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Religion  itself  is  forced  to  truckle  to  worldly  poliey. 
  --Norris. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Truckle  \Truc"kle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Truckled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Truckling}.] 
  To  roll  or  move  upon  truckles,  or  casters;  to  trundle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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:  court  favor  by  cringing  or  flattering  [syn:  {fawn},  {toady}, 
  {bootlick},  {kowtow},  {kotow},  {suck  up}] 




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