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truckle

[ truhk-uhl ]
/ ˈtrʌk əl /
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noun
truckle bed.
a pulley.
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.
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Origin of truckle

First recorded in 1375–1425 for def. 2; def. 1 was first recorded in 1630–40; def. 3 in 1665–75; late Middle English noun trocle, trokel “sheave, roller,” from Anglo-French, from Latin trochlea; the verb is a special use of obsolete truckle “to sleep on a truckle bed” (because such beds were stored underneath a standard bed); see origin at trochlea

OTHER WORDS FROM truckle

truckler, nountruck·ling·ly, adverbun·truck·led, adjectiveun·truck·ling, adjective

Words nearby truckle

trucker, truck farm, truckie, trucking, truck jobber, truckle, truckle bed, truckline, truckload, truckman, truck racing
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Words related to truckle

bootlick, cajole, flatter, grovel, kowtow, massage, oil, stroke, toady, woo, apple-polish, brown-nose, butter up, honey up, lay it on, play up to, suck up to

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British Dictionary definitions for truckle (1 of 2)

truckle1
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
verb
(intr usually foll by to) to yield weakly; give in

Derived forms of truckle

truckler, noun

Word Origin for truckle

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

British Dictionary definitions for truckle (2 of 2)

truckle2
/ (ˈtrʌkəl) /
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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