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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 [informal], kowtow, kotow, suck up [informal], smoodge [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: truckling, truckles, truckled

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

Encyclopedia: Truckle