truckling
(noun) the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
truckling (comparative more truckling, superlative most truckling)
Apt to truckle, often fawning, obsequious, ingratiating.
truckling
present participle of truckle
truckling (plural trucklings)
fawning; ingratiation
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
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