truckle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌkəl/ Rhymes: -ʌkəl === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== truckle (plural truckles) A small wheel; a caster or pulley. A small wheel of cheese. Ellipsis of truckle bed. Synonyms: truckle bed, trundle bed, trundle ===== Alternative forms ===== troccle (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled) To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. (intransitive) To sleep in a truckle bed. === Etymology 2 === From a back formation of truckle bed (a bed on which a pupil slept, because it was rolled on casters into a lower position under the master's larger bed), from Middle English trookylbed. Compare also trundle bed. Assisted by false association with Middle English *trukelen, truken, trokien, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, diminish”), Low German truggeln (“to flatter, fawn”), see truck.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Verb ==== truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled) (intransitive) To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior. ===== Derived terms ===== truckler ===== Translations ===== === References === “truckle” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtrʊkl/ === Noun === truckle car Synonym: car === References ===