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truckle

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[ truhk-uhl ]
/ ˈtrʌk əl /
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verb (used without object), truck·led, truck·ling.

to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

RELATED WORDS

kowtow, flatter, woo, grovel, stroke, oil, cajole, bootlick, toady, massage, apple-polish

Nearby words

  1. truckdriver,
  2. truckee,
  3. trucker,
  4. truckie,
  5. trucking,
  6. truckle bed,
  7. truckline,
  8. truckload,
  9. truckman,
  10. truckstop

Origin of truckle

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1605–15; special use of obsolete truckle to sleep on a truckle bed. See truckle2
Related formstruck·ler, nountruck·ling·ly, adverbun·truck·led, adjectiveun·truck·ling, adjective

truckle

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[ truhk-uh l ]
/ ˈtrʌk əl /

noun

truckle bed.
a pulley.

Origin of truckle

2
1375–1425; late Middle English trocle sheave, roller < Anglo-French < Latin trochlea pulley. See trochlea
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British Dictionary definitions for truckle

truckle

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/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /

verb

(intr usually foll by to) to yield weakly; give in
Derived Formstruckler, noun

Word Origin for truckle

C17: from obsolete truckle to sleep in a truckle bed; see truckle ²

noun

a small wheel; caster
a small barrel-shaped cheese

verb

(intr) to roll on truckles
(tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles

Word Origin for truckle

C15 trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Latin trochlea sheaf of a pulley; see trochlea
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