truckle

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: trundle bedtrundletruckle bedfawntoadybootlickkowtowkotowsuck up

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a low bed to be slid under a higher bedSynonyms: trundle bedtrundletruckle bed

Verb (2)

  1. yield to out of weakness
  2. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering“He is always kowtowing to his boss”Synonyms: fawntoadybootlickkowtowkotowsuck up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]

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]
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