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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: truckle (0.00982 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to truckle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: truckle
truckle
n : a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn:
trundle bed,
trundle,
truckle bed]
truckle
v 1: yield to out of weakness
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering;
“He is always
kowtowing to his boss” [syn:
fawn,
toady,
bootlick,
kowtow,
kotow,
suck up]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Truckle
Truckle
\Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the
kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more
pulleys. See
Truck a wheel.]
A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras.
[1913 Webster]
Truckle
\Truc"kle\, v. i. [From truckle in truckle-bed, in
allusion to the fact that the truckle-bed on which the pupil
slept was rolled under the large bed of the master.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
submit; to creep.
“Small, trucking states.” --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
[1913 Webster]
Truckle
\Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Truckled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Truckling.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
[1913 Webster]
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