truckle

  • 21truckle bed — n. TRUNDLE BED …

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  • 22truckle bed — UK [ˈtrʌk(ə)l ˌbed] / US noun [countable] Word forms truckle bed : singular truckle bed plural truckle beds British a low bed with wheels that is kept under another bed and brought out when you need it …

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  • 23truckle bed — noun Etymology: truckle small wheel, pulley, from Middle English trokell, from Latin trochlea block of pulleys more at trochlea Date: 15th century trundle bed …

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  • 24truckle bed — noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed • Syn: ↑trundle bed, ↑trundle, ↑truckle • Hypernyms: ↑bed …

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  • 25truckle — 1. noun a small wheel; a caster or pulley 2. verb to act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior …

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  • 26truckle — Synonyms and related words: apple polish, bootlick, bow, brown nose, butter up, cower, crawl, cringe, defer, fall all over, fawn upon, follow, genuflect, grovel, knuckle down, knuckle under, kowtow, quail, salaam, scrape, submit, succumb, suck up …

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  • 27truckle to — Synonyms and related words: bend, bend the neck, bend to, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, cater to, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, do homage, do obeisance, do service, fetch and carry, genuflect, grovel, kneel to, knuckle to,… …

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  • 28truckle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. grovel, kowtow. See servility. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cringe, submit, cower, toady; see wince , yield 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cringe, toady, *kiss up, *brownnose, kowtow, bow before …

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  • 29truckle — truck·le || trÊŒkl v. grovel, act servilely, submit …

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  • 30truckle — I. v. a. Trundle, roll. II. v. n. Cringe, stoop, crouch, submit, knuckle, yield (obsequiously), bend the knee, knock under, be servile, bend obsequiously, fawn upon, curry favor with …

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