truckle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtɹʌkəl/

Definition of truckle

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
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noun

  1. A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
  2. A small wheel of cheese.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of truckle bed.

verb

  1. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
  2. (intransitive)To sleep in a truckle bed.
  3. (intransitive)To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
    “There is no doubt […] that truckling to popularity is the worst political vice.”
    “Religion it self is forced to truckle to worldly policy.”

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Etymology

From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.

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