truckle

American  

[truhk-uhl] / ˈtrʌk əl /

noun

1. truckle bed.

2. a pulley.

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verb (used without object)

truckled, truckling

1. to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed byto ).

   Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.

   Synonyms:

   kowtow , concede , bow , grovel

truckle ¹ British  

/ ˈtrʌkəl /

noun

1. a small wheel; caster

2. a small barrel-shaped cheese

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verb

1. (intr) to roll on truckles

2. (tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles

truckle ² British  

/ ˈtrʌkəl /

verb

1. to yield weakly; give in

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Other Word Forms

• truckler noun
• trucklingly adverb
• untruckled adjective
• untruckling adjective

Etymology

Origin of truckle

First recorded in 1375–1425 truckle for def. 2; truckle def. 1 was first recorded in 1630–40; truckle 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); trochlea

Example Sentences

By appearing to truckle to Trump’s political demands, Hahn is making it impossible to trust the FDA’s judgment on COVID-19 vaccines.

From Los Angeles Times

He truckled to Trump’s overt politicizing of his agency’s work.

From Los Angeles Times

“It was only where there was this defiance, this refusal to truckle, this distrust of all authority, political or social, that institutions would express human aspirations, not crush them.”

From Seattle Times

We’d got all the right stuff – we had smoked salmon, a stilton in a truckle, and nobody had gone off-piste and innovated.

From The Guardian

Come hell or high crimes, Always Trumpers always truckle to Trump.

From Washington Post