truckle

Meaning

Noun

1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
2. A small wheel of cheese.
3. Ellipsis of truckle bed..

Verb

1. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
2. To sleep in a truckle bed.

Verb

To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.

Synonyms

toady

trundle

flatter

fawn

kowtow

kotow

trundle bed

grovel

knuckle under

truckle bed

roll

submit

bootlick

suck up

cringe

welter

yield

incurvate

bend

bow

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bowl

buckle

buckle under

comply

crawl

creep

flex

go for

abide

pronate

succumb

surrender

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹʌkəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: trokel

Cognate with Low German: truggeln

In summary

From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.