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truckle
(encz) | truckle,podlézat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Truckle
(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.
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Truckle
(gcide) | 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.
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Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
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Truckle
(gcide) | Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Truckling.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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truckle
(wn) | truckle
n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle
bed}, trundle, truckle bed, truckle]
v 1: yield to out of weakness
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] |
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truckle bed
(encz) | truckle bed, |
truckler
(encz) | truckler, n: |
Truckle
(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.
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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.
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Truckle-bed
(gcide) | Truckle-bed \Truc"kle-bed`\, n.
A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a
trundle-bed. "His standing bed and truckle-bed." --Shak.
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Truckled
(gcide) | Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Truckling.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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Truckler
(gcide) | Truckler \Truc"kler\, n.
One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another.
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truckle bed
(wn) | truckle bed
n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle
bed}, trundle, truckle bed, truckle] |
truckler
(wn) | truckler
n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: {apple
polisher}, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler] |
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