truckle

(truk′əl)

noun

truckle bed

Origin: ME trocle < L trochlea, pulley, roller: see trochlea

intransitive verb truckled, truckling

to be servile; cringe, submit, toady, etc.: usually with to

Origin: < truckle (bed): with reference to its low position

See truckle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A small wheel or roller; a caster.

intransitive verb truck·led, truck·ling, truck·les

To be servile or submissive. See Synonyms at fawn¹.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English trocle, pulley

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Latin trochlea, system of pulleys; see trochlea

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