fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; “He is always kowtowing to his boss”
truckle
(verb) yield to out of weakness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
truckle (plural truckles)
A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
A small wheel of cheese.
A truckle bed.
truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled)
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
(intransitive) To sleep in a truckle bed.
truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled)
(intransitive) To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
Source: Wiktionary
Truc"kle, n. Etym: [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys. See Truck a wheel.]
Definition: A small wheel or caster. Hudibras.
Truc"kle, v. i. Etym: [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.]
Definition: To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep. "Small, trucking states." Burke. Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris.
Truc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling.]
Definition: To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
