verb
- to submit or yield obsequiously to another’s will
Usage: formal
noun
- a small wheel or roller, especially one on which something heavy is moved
- a low bed that can be stored under another bed
Examples
- He refused to truckle to his demanding boss.
- The senator would not truckle to special interest groups.
- The heavy cabinet moved easily on its truckles.
- Workers used truckles to transport the machinery.
- The guest room had a truckle bed for extra visitors.
- She pulled out the truckle from under the main bed.
- The child’s truckle bed fit perfectly in the small space.