truckle

Meanings

Plural: truckles

Noun

a low bed to be slid under a higher bed
A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
A small wheel of cheese.
Ellipsis of truckle bed.

Verb

yield to out of weakness
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
To sleep in a truckle bed.
To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle bed, trundle, trundle bed

Scrabble Score: 13

truckle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
truckle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
truckle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

truckle is a valid Words With Friends word