truckle n a low bed to be slid under a higher bed v yield to out of weakness v try to gain favor by cringing or flattering Usage(s) The imputed truckle was Sir Austen's failure to protest, last week, after two Fascist detectives in Milan had assaulted, clubbed and kicked not merely a British subject but Captain . I suppose it was a case of "have truckswill truckle. Maybe each nation chose on its own to truckle. Synonym(s) trundle bed trundle truckle bed fawn toady bootlick kowtow kotow suck up