truckle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
  2. verb yield to out of weakness
  3. verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Etymology

From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.

In classic literature

Synonyms

trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed

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