Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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truckle \TRUHK-uhl\, intransitive verb:
truckle \TRUHK-uhl\, intransitive verb:
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1. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.
1. To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to act in a subservient manner.
2. A small wheel or roller; a caster.
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The B.O. and his Politburo would be very pleased if all of their American serfs and peasants would simply truckle in the face of their awesome knowledge and power!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Truckle is from truckle in truckle bed (a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another bed; also called a trundle bed), in reference to the fact that the truckle bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master. The ultimate source of the word is Greek trokhos, "a wheel."
Truckle is from truckle in truckle bed (a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another bed; also called a trundle bed), in reference to the fact that the truckle bed on which the pupil slept was rolled under the large bed of the master. The ultimate source of the word is Greek trokhos, "a wheel."
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