TRUCKLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does truckle mean? 

• TRUCKLE (noun)
  The noun TRUCKLE has 1 sense:

1. a low bed to be slid under a higher bed

  Familiarity information: TRUCKLE used as a noun is very rare.

• TRUCKLE (verb)
  The verb TRUCKLE has 2 senses:

1. yield to out of weakness

2. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

  Familiarity information: TRUCKLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUCKLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A low bed to be slid under a higher bed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

truckle; truckle bed; trundle; trundle bed

Hypernyms ("truckle" is a kind of...):

bed (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep)

• TRUCKLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they truckle    ... he / she / it truckles   
Past simple: truckled   
Past participle: truckled   
-ing form: truckling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yield to out of weakness

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "truckle" is one way to...):

relent; soften; yield (give in, as to influence or pressure)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

truckler (someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bootlick; fawn; kotow; kowtow; suck up; toady; truckle

Context example:

He is always kowtowing to his boss

Hypernyms (to "truckle" is one way to...):

blandish; flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "truckle"):

court favor; court favour; curry favor; curry favour (seek favor by fawning or flattery)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

truckler (someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect)

truckling (the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons))

 Context examples 

"I don't truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!" returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I thought you had too much pride and sense to truckle to any mortal woman just because she wears French boots and rides in a coupe, said Jo, who, being called from the tragic climax of her novel, was not in the best mood for social enterprises.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)