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Word entry · 7 letters

truckle

Best crossword clue

"Yield obsequiously"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɹʌkəl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceklrtuStarts with TEnds with E1 clues
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Definitions

  1. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Word origin

From Middle English trokel, trocle, trookyl, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea (“a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys”); or from a diminutive of truck (“wheel”), formed with -le, equivalent to truck + -le.

Used in a sentence

  • There is no doubt […] that truckling to popularity is the worst political vice.
  • Religion it self is forced to truckle to worldly policy.

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