truckle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: truckle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for truckle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
truckle n a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle bed}, trundle, truckle bed, truckle] v yield to out of weakness try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" Synonym(s): fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Small, trucking states.[b8] --Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. --Norris.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Truckling}.] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.