TRUCKLING

truckling

(noun) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

truckling (comparative more truckling, superlative most truckling)

Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.

Verb

truckling

present participle of truckle

Noun

truckling (plural trucklings)

fawning; ingratiation

Source: Wiktionary


TRUCKLE

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



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Word of the Day

13 May 2025

DAZED

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”


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