Verb: truckle trú-kul
- 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]
- Yield to out of weakness
"He truckled to his boss's demands"
- 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