truckling
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈtrʌklɪŋ/
- Archaic
- The politician's truckling to the wealthy donors raised questions about his integrity.
Examples
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She showed truckling behavior when agreeing with the unfair demands of her supervisor.
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His constant truckling to the boss made his colleagues uncomfortable.
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But his bad-dog truckling made it seem that he actually cared about what I would answer, and not simply because it would represent a monumental inconvenience to him if I withdrew.
Fiction book (1999) -
The key to the violence was not amorality or alienation; it was not the decline of the sense of duty; it was not even the colossal sense of entitlement fed by the British media's obsessive truckling to youth culture.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
To act too polite and flattering to someone in power to gain approval
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Submissive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word truckling comes from the old word truckle, which named a low bed that could 'slide under' a bigger bed. A helpful way to remember it is to think of making yourself low or 'bowing down' to someone, so truckling means acting overly submissive.