The meaning of Truckle

verb

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).

Usage examples:

I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees

verb

Put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone.

Usage examples:

They deferred the decision until february

verb

Submit to or acknowledge the merit of.

Usage examples:

He deferred to tim's superior knowledge

verb

To delay something until a later time; to postpone

Usage examples:

You can order the furniture now and defer payment until september.

phrasal verb

If an animal such as a dog fawns on/upon you, it is very friendly towards you and rubs itself against you.

verb

Lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards.

Usage examples:

He grovelled at george's feet

verb

To lie facing the ground, esp. in fear, or to behave toward someone in a way that shows that you are small and unimportant and the other person is powerful

Usage examples:

My dog grovels at my feet when she’s done something wrong., i’ll apologize, but i won’t grovel just…

verb

Act in an excessively subservient manner.

Usage examples:

She didn't have to kowtow to a boss

noun

An act of kowtowing as part of chinese custom.

Usage examples:

Chang kowtows before the emperor, who tells him of his mission.

collocation

Form or compose

phrasal verb

Invent a story or plan.

Usage examples:

She enjoyed making up tall tales

phrasal verb

(of parts) compose or constitute a whole.

Usage examples:

Women make up 56 per cent of the student body

verb

Gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste).

Usage examples:

Newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts

noun

A pimp.

Usage examples:

Fiesta also means ‘party’ in spanish, and trujillo's panders always tell the girls they are invited…

verb

Yield to; give satisfaction to

verb

Accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.

Usage examples:

The original settlers were forced to submit to bulgarian rule

verb

Yield to the control of another

noun

A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.

Usage examples:

He calls it a ‘parasite’, which she learned in school is usually defined as a hanger-on, a toady, a…

verb

Act in an obsequious way.

Usage examples:

She imagined him toadying to his rich clients

noun

A person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

Usage examples:

Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies., shostakovich was often seen as a p…

verb

Produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product).

Usage examples:

The land yields grapes and tobacco

noun

An amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product.

Usage examples:

The milk yield was poor

verb

Give or supply