truckle
a pulley.
to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
Origin of truckle
1Other words for truckle
Other words from truckle
- truckler, noun
- truck·ling·ly, adverb
- un·truck·led, adjective
- un·truck·ling, adjective
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How to use truckle in a sentence
He was no truckler to his proprietors, and anyhow, the man whom the word had encarnadined was only a colliery-owner.
Gray youth | Oliver OnionsThere is no cowardly, dishonest, selfish politician—be he who he may—no trimmer and truckler to the times—who will be forgotten.
To do this, it is not necessary for the Negro to become a truckler or a trimmer.
The Future of the American Negro | Booker T. Washington
British Dictionary definitions for truckle (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
(intr usually foll by to) to yield weakly; give in
Origin of truckle
1Derived forms of truckle
- truckler, noun
British Dictionary definitions for truckle (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
a small wheel; caster
a small barrel-shaped cheese
(intr) to roll on truckles
(tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles
Origin of truckle
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