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Noun: truckle  trú-kul
  1. A low bed to be slid under a higher bed
    - trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed
Verb: truckle  trú-kul
  1. Yield to out of weakness
     
  2. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
    "He is always truckling to his boss"
    - fawn, toady, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up

Derived forms: truckling, truckled, truckles

See also: truckler, truckling

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

Encyclopedia: Truckle