truckle
[ truhk-uhl ]
/ ˈtrʌk əl /
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noun
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, adjectiveWords nearby truckle
trucker, truck farm, truckie, trucking, truck jobber, truckle, truckle bed, truckline, truckload, truckman, truck racing
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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, nounWord 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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