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Verb: truckle  trú-kul
  1. Attempt to gain favour through obsequious behaviour or flattery
    "He is always truckling to his boss";
    - fawn, toady, bootlick [informal], kowtow, kotow, suck up [informal], smoodge [Austral, informal]
     
  2. Yield to out of weakness
    "He truckled to his boss's demands"
Noun: truckle  trú-kul
  1. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed
    "They pulled out the truckle bed for their overnight guest";
    - trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed [archaic]

Derived forms: truckles, truckling, truckled

Type of: bed, blandish, flatter, relent, soften, yield

Encyclopedia: Truckle