truck·le
truck·le/ˈtrəkəl/
verb
submit or behave obsequiously.
"he will neither bow nor truckled to any kind of control"
synonyms: kowtow, submit, defer, yield, bend the knee, bow and scrape, make up, be obsequious, pander, toady, prostrate oneself, grovel, fawn on, dance attendance on, curry favor with, ingratiate oneself with, abase oneself before, suck up, crawl, lick someone's boots, brown-nose, smoodge, kiss/lick someone's arse, kiss/lick someone's ass
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noun. the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)
truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior. truckling to a powerful lobbyist.
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior the kind of guy who truckles to anyone who might present a lucrative ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective truckling. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
n. A small wheel or roller; a caster. intr.v. truck·led, truck·ling, truck·les To be servile or submissive.
What does the noun truckling mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun truckling. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence ...
truckling (comparative more truckling, superlative most truckling). Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
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Truckling definition: Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
from The Century Dictionary. Apt to truckle; cringing; fawning; slavish; servile; also, characteristic of a truckler: as, a truckling expedient.
Truckling. TRUCK'LING, participle present tense Yielding obsequiously to the will of another.
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