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truckled

truckled is the simple past and past participle of truckle.

Meaning of truckle

Verb (1)

truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled)

  1. To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
  2. (intransitive) To sleep in a truckle bed.

Verb (2)

truckle (third-person singular simple present truckles, present participle truckling, simple past and past participle truckled)

  1. (intransitive) To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
    • "Why in the world should you spend your money, worry your family, and turn the house upside down for a parcel of girls who don't care a sixpence for you? I thought you had too much pride and sense to truckle to any mortal woman just because she wears French boots and rides in a coupe," said Jo...1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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Questions about truckled

What is truckled the simple past and past participle of?
Truckled is the simple past and past participle of truckle.

Words near truckled in the dictionary

  1. truckle
  2. truckle bed
  3. truckle beds
  4. truckle-bed
  5. truckle-beds
  6. truckled
  7. truckler
  8. trucklers
  9. truckles
  10. truckless
  11. trucklet

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