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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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