verb
- to submit or yield obsequiously to another’s will; to act in a subservient manner
Usage: past tense of truckle
Examples
- He truckled to his boss’s every demand to keep his job.
- The senator truckled to special interests rather than serving his constituents.
- She refused to be truckled into submission by the bullying tactics.
- The company truckled to public pressure and changed its policy.
- He had always truckled to authority figures throughout his career.
- The diplomat truckled to the foreign minister’s unreasonable requests.