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Truckle

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Noun

1. truckle, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed

a low bed to be slid under a higher bed

Verb

2. truckle

yield to out of weakness

3. bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Example Sentences:
'He is always kowtowing to his boss'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Truckle

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verb
(intransitive; usually foll by to)
to yield weakly; give in
noun
1. 
a small wheel; caster
2. 
a small barrel-shaped cheese
verb
3. (intransitive)
to roll on truckles
4. (transitive)
to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Truckle

see synonyms of truckle
noun
1. 
truckle bed
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈtruckled or ˈtruckling
2. 
to be servile; cringe, submit, toady, etc.
usually with to

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Truckle

see synonyms of truckle
n.
A small wheel or roller; a caster.
intr.v. truck·led, truck·ling, truck·les
To be servile or submissive. See Synonyms at fawn1.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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