Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, n. [Dim. of truck a wheel; or from the
kindred L. trochlea a block, sheaf containing one or more
pulleys. See {Truck} a wheel.]
A small wheel or caster. --Hudibras.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. i. [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.]
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to
submit; to creep. "Small, trucking states." --Burke.
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Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey.
--Norris.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truckle \Truc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truckled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Truckling}.]
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
truckle
n 1: a low bed to be slid under a higher bed [syn: {trundle
bed}, {trundle}, {truckle bed}, {truckle}]
v 1: yield to out of weakness
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {fawn}, {toady}, {truckle},
{bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
