| ruckle | (v) make a hoarse, rattling sound |
| truckle | (v) yield to out of weakness |
| apple polisher | (n) someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect, Syn. groveler, groveller, fawner, truckler, bootlicker |
| fawn | (v) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering, Syn. toady, suck up, kowtow, truckle, bootlick, kotow |
| trundle bed | (n) a low bed to be slid under a higher bed, Syn. trundle, truckle bed, truckle |
| wrinkle | (v) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in, Syn. scrunch, ruckle, crinkle, crease, crisp, scrunch up |
| Truckle | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truckle | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Religion itself is forced to truckle to worldly poliey. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truckle | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Truckled p. pr. & vb. n. Truckling ] To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truckle-bed | n. A low bed on wheels, that may be pushed under another bed; a trundle-bed. “His standing bed and truckle-bed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truckler | n. One who truckles, or yields servilely to the will of another. [ 1913 Webster ] |
