Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truckle
1 sense of truckle
Sense 1
trundle bed, trundle, truckle bed, truckle -- (a low bed to be slid under a higher bed)
=> bed -- (a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb truckle
2 senses of truckle
Sense 1
truckle -- (yield to out of weakness)
=> yield, relent, soften -- (give in, as to influence or pressure)
Sense 2
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up -- (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss")
=> flatter, blandish -- (praise somewhat dishonestly)