TRUCKLE - 11 definitions found
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] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) truckle intransitive verb (truckled; truckling) Etymology: from the lower position of the truckle bed Date: 1647 to act in a subservient manner ; submit Synonyms: see fawn • truckler noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary truckle ˈtrʌkl n. & v. --n. 1 (in full truckle-bed) a low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed. 2 orig. dial. a small barrel-shaped cheese. --v.intr. (foll. by to) submit obsequiously. øøtruckler n. [orig. = wheel, pulley, f. AF trocle f. L trochlea pulley] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms truckle I. v. a. Trundle, roll. II. v. n. Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under, be servile, bend obsequiously, fawn upon, curry favor with. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) truckle ˈtrʌkl v. kowtow, be obsequious, toady, defer, bow, scrape, genuflect, salaam, drop to the ground or to (one's) knees or down on (one's) knees, submit, yield, cower, cringe, grovel, crawl, quail, fawn (on or upon), Colloq butter up, fall all over, lick (someone's) boots, boot-lick, US apple-polish, Slang suck up to, Taboo slang brown-nose, kiss (someone's) Brit arse or US ass: Just look how Caroline is always truckling to the boss, hoping for favours. 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 |
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