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truckle

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truck⋅le

1  [truhk-uhl]
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–verb (used without object), -led, -ling.
to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
Origin:
1605–15; special use of obs. truckle to sleep on a truckle bed. See truckle 2

Related forms:
truckler, noun
truck⋅ling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
grovel, bow, concede, kowtow.

truck⋅le

2  [truhk-uhl]
–noun
1. truckle bed.
2. a pulley.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME trocle sheave, roller < AF < L trochlea pulley. See trochlea
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truck·le   (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.
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