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Found 5 hits - Term: truckle, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
truckle \truc"kle\, n. dim. of truck a wheel; or from the
   kindred l. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more
   pulleys. see truck a wheel.
   a small wheel or caster. --hudibras.
   1913 webster
see also:
truck 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
truckle \truc"kle\, v. i. from truckle in truckle-bed, in
   allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil
   slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.
   to yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
   submit; to creep. "small, trucking states." --burke.
   1913 webster

         religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
                                                  --norris.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
truckle \truc"kle\, v. t. imp.  p. p. truckled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. truckling.
   to roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
   1913 webster
see also:
truckled truckling 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
truckle
     n : a low bed to be slid under a higher bed syn: trundle bed,
          trundle, truckle bed
     v 1: yield to out of weakness
     2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "he is always
        kowtowing to his boss" syn: fawn, toady, bootlick,
        kowtow, kotow, suck up
see also:
trundle bed trundle truckle bed fawn toady bootlick 
kowtow kotow suck up 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 moby thesaurus words for "truckle":
   apple-polish, bootlick, bow, brown-nose, butter up, cower, crawl,
   cringe, defer, fall all over, fawn upon, follow, genuflect, grovel,
   knuckle down, knuckle under, kowtow, quail, salaam, scrape, submit,
   succumb, suck up to, tag, tail, toady, trail, yield





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Truckle >> T Words
Truckle, definition of term: Truckle
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Truckle Bed >> T Words
Truckle Bed, definition of term: Truckle Bed
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