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truckle — truckle1 truckler, n. trucklingly, adv. /truk euhl/, v.i., truckled, truckling. to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to): Don t truckle to unreasonable demands. [1605 15; special use of obs. truckle to sleep on a truckle bed … Universalium
truc — 1. truc [ tryk ] n. m. • déb. XIIIe, repris fin XVIIIe; a. provenç. truc, du v. trucar « cogner », lat. pop. °trudicare, du class. trudere « pousser » 1 ♦ Fam. Façon d agir qui requiert de l habileté, de l adresse. ⇒ astuce, fam. combine, 2.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
truck — 2. truc ou truck [ tryk ] n. m. • 1843; mot angl. « chariot » ♦ Chariot à plateforme. ♢ Wagon à plateforme. ● truck nom masculin (anglais truck, camion) Petit wagon plate forme sur lequel on effectue le transport des madriers, troncs d arbre et… … Encyclopédie Universelle
truckle — [15] A truckle is a ‘small wooden wheel or caster’. The word was originally used for a ‘pulley’ (an application which has now largely died out), and it was borrowed from Anglo Norman trocle. This in turn came via Latin trochlea ‘system of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
truckle — {{11}}truckle (n.) small wheel or roller, late 14c., from Anglo Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea a small wheel, sheaf of a pulley, from Gk. trokhileia a pulley, from trokhos wheel, from trekhein to run, from PIE root *dhregh to run (Cf. O.Ir. droch… … Etymology dictionary
truckle — truckle1 noun a small barrel shaped cheese, especially Cheddar. Origin ME (denoting a wheel or pulley): from Anglo Norman Fr. trocle, from L. trochlea sheaf of a pulley . truckle2 verb (usu. truckle to) submit or behave obsequiously. Derivatives… … English new terms dictionary
truckle — I. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) phrase (truckled, truckling) truckle to, to submit to or yield to obsequiously or tamely. {special use of obsolete truckle (verb) sleep on truckle bed} –truckler, noun II. /ˈtrʌkəl / (say trukuhl) noun 1. → pulley. 2.… …
truckle — [15] A truckle is a ‘small wooden wheel or caster’. The word was originally used for a ‘pulley’ (an application which has now largely died out), and it was borrowed from Anglo Norman trocle. This in turn came via Latin trochlea ‘system of… … Word origins
truckle — [truk′əl] n. [ME trocle < L trochlea, pulley, roller: see TROCHLEA] short for TRUCKLE BED vi. truckled, truckling [< TRUCKLE (BED): with reference to its low position] to be servile; cringe, submit, toady, etc.: usually with to … English World dictionary
truckle — n. & v. n. 1 (in full truckle bed) a low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed. 2 orig. dial. a small barrel shaped cheese. v.intr. (foll. by to) submit obsequiously. Derivatives: truckler n. Etymology: orig. = wheel, pulley, f. AF… … Useful english dictionary
