un truckling
əl verb (used without object), truck·led, truck·ling.
to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to ): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
Related forms
truck·ler, noun
truck·ling·ly, adverb
un·truck·led, adjective
un·truck·ling, adjective
Synonyms
grovel, bow, concede, kowtow.
grovel, bow, concede, kowtow.
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truckle1 (ˈtrʌkəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by to) | |
| to yield weakly; give in | |
| [C17: from obsolete truckle to sleep in a truckle bed; see | |
| 'truckler1 | |
| —n | |
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Un truckling
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| truckle2 (ˈtrʌkəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a small wheel; caster |
| 2. | a small barrel-shaped cheese |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (intr) to roll on truckles |
| 4. | (tr) to push (a piece of furniture) along on truckles |
| [C15 trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Latin trochlea sheaf of a pulley; see | |
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Word Origin & History
truckle
"small wheel or roller," 1397, from Anglo-Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea "a small wheel, sheaf of a pulley," from Gk. trokhileia "a pulley," from trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run," from PIE base *dhregh- "to run" (cf. O.Ir. droch "wheel," Lith. pa-drosti "to run fast"). Truckle bed "small bed on
wheels that can be stowed under a larger bed" is from 1459.
truckle
"give up or submit tamely," 1612, "sleep in a truckle bed" (see truckle (n.)). Meaning "give precedence, assume a submissive position" (1656, implied in truckling) is perhaps in allusion to that type of bed being used by servants and inferiors, or from it simply occupying the lower position.
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