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truckle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed |
| Type of | bed |
truckle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady |
| Type of | blandish, flatter |
| Has types | curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour |
| Derivation | truckler, truckling |
Examples of truckle
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His quiet refusal to truckle to Mussolini cost him a sinecure as library executive.
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Jim Dixon and Gordon Comstock both have jobs they hate, and authorities to whom they must truckle.
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Maybe they see the 41-year-old's career light blinking and sense they won't have to truckle to him much longer.
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Put it in the fridge overnight then carefully pull the cling-film or cloth out of the mug to reveal a perfectly-shaped mini truckle.
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As for Priest, it would be made to sit in sackcloth and ashes at the church door as a cautionary example to all filmmakers who truckle to noble sentiment.
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- Trundle bed: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
- Yield to out of weakness
- Fawn: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
- (truckling) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)
- A "truckle" of cheese refers a cylindrical wheel of cheese, usually taller than it is wide, and sometimes described as barrel-shaped. The word is derived from the Latin trochlea, 'wheel, pulley'. ...
- (Truckles) Trundle beds (or truckle beds or trumple beds) are usually considered a pair of beds, one a twin bed, and the other slightly smaller on rollers or casters so that it may be put beneath the upper twin bed for storage. ...
- A small wheel; a caster or pulley; to act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior
