Truckled
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truckled — truck·le || trÊŒkl v. grovel, act servilely, submit … English contemporary dictionary
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Truckling — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truckle — intransitive verb (truckled; truckling) Etymology: from the lower position of the truckle bed Date: 1647 to act in a subservient manner ; submit Synonyms: see fawn • truckler noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ubaidullah Sindhi — Full name Ubaidullah Sindhi Born 10 March 1872(1872 03 10) Died August 22, 1944(1944 08 22) (aged 72) Era British Raj Region … Wikipedia
Hastings Yelverton — Infobox Military Person name= Hastings Yelverton lived= 1808 ndash; 1878 placeofbirth= placeofdeath=Bath, Somerset caption= Admiral Sir Hastings Yelverton nickname= allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears= rank= Admiral… … Wikipedia
truckle — truckle1 truckler, n. trucklingly, adv. /truk euhl/, v.i., truckled, truckling. to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to): Don t truckle to unreasonable demands. [1605 15; special use of obs. truckle to sleep on a truckle bed … Universalium
truckle — {{11}}truckle (n.) small wheel or roller, late 14c., from Anglo Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea a small wheel, sheaf of a pulley, from Gk. trokhileia a pulley, from trokhos wheel, from trekhein to run, from PIE root *dhregh to run (Cf. O.Ir. droch… … Etymology dictionary
truckle — I. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) phrase (truckled, truckling) truckle to, to submit to or yield to obsequiously or tamely. {special use of obsolete truckle (verb) sleep on truckle bed} –truckler, noun II. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) noun 1. → pulley. 2.… …
truckle — [truk′əl] n. [ME trocle < L trochlea, pulley, roller: see TROCHLEA] short for TRUCKLE BED vi. truckled, truckling [< TRUCKLE (BED): with reference to its low position] to be servile; cringe, submit, toady, etc.: usually with to … English World dictionary
