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truckleverb to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superiorthe kind of guy who truckles to anyone who might present a lucrative opportunity apple-polish, bootlick, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), toady drool, gush, slaver, slobberendear, ingratiatecourt, wooadulate, idolize, worshipblandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soapcower, cringe, grovelabase, debase, demeandefer, submit, yield curry favor, kiss up to despise, disdain, scorngibe(or jibe), jeer, scoffbrave, challenge, defy fawn, toady, truckle, cringe, cower mean to behave abjectly before a superior.fawn implies seeking favor by servile flattery or exaggerated attention.waiters fawning over a celebrity toady suggests the attempt to ingratiate oneself by an abjectly menial or subservient attitude.toadying to his boss truckle implies the subordination of oneself and one's desires or judgment to those of a superior.truckling to a powerful lobbyist cringe suggests a bowing or shrinking in fear or servility.a cringing sycophant cower suggests a display of abject fear in the company of threatening or domineering people.cowering before a bully in 1647 |