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truckle
truck·le T0386100 (trŭk′əl)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.
[Middle English trocle, pulley, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin trochlea, system of pulleys; see trochlea.]
truck′ler n.truckle (ˈtrʌkəl) vb (usually foll by: to) to yield weakly; give in[C17: from obsolete truckle to sleep in a truckle bed; see truckle2] ˈtruckler n
truckle (ˈtrʌkəl) n1. (Furniture) a small wheel; caster2. (Cookery) a small barrel-shaped cheesevb3. (Furniture) (intr) to roll on truckles4. (Furniture) (tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles[C15 trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Latin trochlea sheave of a pulley; see trochlea]truck•le (ˈtrʌk əl)
v.i. -led, -ling. to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usu. fol. by to). [1660–70; figurative use of obsolete truckle to sleep on a truckle bed. See truckle2] truck′ler, n. truckle
Past participle: truckled
Gerund: truckling
| Present |
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| I truckle | | you truckle | | he/she/it truckles | | we truckle | | you truckle | | they truckle |
| Preterite |
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| I truckled | | you truckled | | he/she/it truckled | | we truckled | | you truckled | | they truckled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am truckling | | you are truckling | | he/she/it is truckling | | we are truckling | | you are truckling | | they are truckling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have truckled | | you have truckled | | he/she/it has truckled | | we have truckled | | you have truckled | | they have truckled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was truckling | | you were truckling | | he/she/it was truckling | | we were truckling | | you were truckling | | they were truckling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had truckled | | you had truckled | | he/she/it had truckled | | we had truckled | | you had truckled | | they had truckled |
| Future |
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| I will truckle | | you will truckle | | he/she/it will truckle | | we will truckle | | you will truckle | | they will truckle |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have truckled | | you will have truckled | | he/she/it will have truckled | | we will have truckled | | you will have truckled | | they will have truckled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be truckling | | you will be truckling | | he/she/it will be truckling | | we will be truckling | | you will be truckling | | they will be truckling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been truckling | | you have been truckling | | he/she/it has been truckling | | we have been truckling | | you have been truckling | | they have been truckling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been truckling | | you will have been truckling | | he/she/it will have been truckling | | we will have been truckling | | you will have been truckling | | they will have been truckling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been truckling | | you had been truckling | | he/she/it had been truckling | | we had been truckling | | you had been truckling | | they had been truckling |
| Conditional |
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| I would truckle | | you would truckle | | he/she/it would truckle | | we would truckle | | you would truckle | | they would truckle |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have truckled | | you would have truckled | | he/she/it would have truckled | | we would have truckled | | you would have truckled | | they would have truckled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  truckle - a low bed to be slid under a higher bedtruckle bed, trundle, trundle bedbed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" | | Verb | 1. |  truckle - yield to out of weakness relent, soften, yield - give in, as to influence or pressure | | 2. |  truckle - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"bootlick, kotow, toady, kowtow, fawn, suck upblandish, flatter - praise somewhat dishonestlycourt favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour - seek favor by fawning or flattery; "This employee is currying favor with his superordinates" |
truckleverbTo support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior:bootlick, cringe, fawn, grovel, kowtow, slaver, toady.Informal: apple-polish, brownnose, cotton.Slang: suck up.Idioms: curry favor, dance attendance, kiss someone's feet, lick someone's boots.Translationstruckle
truckle to (someone or something)To be subservient to someone else; to assume a servile or obsequious manner toward someone. Those who truckle to their government without question will be the first to be exploited by it. It's very clear that the senators on this committee are truckling to the interests of major corporations. It won't help your career to truckle to the boss like that.See also: truckletruckle tov. To be servile or submissive to someone or something: All the peasants in the fields truckled to the king.See also: truckletruckle
Synonyms for truckleverb to support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superiorSynonyms- bootlick
- cringe
- fawn
- grovel
- kowtow
- slaver
- toady
- apple-polish
- brownnose
- cotton
- suck up
Synonyms for trucklenoun a low bed to be slid under a higher bedSynonyms- truckle bed
- trundle
- trundle bed
Related Wordsverb yield to out of weaknessRelated Wordsverb try to gain favor by cringing or flatteringSynonyms- bootlick
- kotow
- toady
- kowtow
- fawn
- suck up
Related Words- blandish
- flatter
- court favor
- court favour
- curry favor
- curry favour
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