Meaning

A small wheel; a caster or pulley..

Definitions by Sense

1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
2. A small wheel of cheese.
3. Ellipsis of truckle bed.
4. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
5. (intransitive) To sleep in a truckle bed.
6. (intransitive) To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior. [with to]

Example Sentences

"Why in the world should you spend your money, worry your family, and turn the house upside down for a parcel of girls who don't care a sixpence for you? I thought you had too much pride and sense to truckle to any mortal woman just because she wears French boots and rides in a coupe," said Jo, who, being called from the tragic climax of her novel, was not in the best mood for social enterprises. "I don't truckle, and I hate being patronized as much as you do!" returned Amy indignantly, for the two still jangled when such questions arose.

There is no doubt […] that truckling to popularity is the worst political vice.

Religion it self is forced to truckle to worldly policy.

Word Forms

• truckles
• troccle
• truckling
• truckled

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Use truckle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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