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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesचापलूसी करना
Pronunciation / Transliteration: chaplusi karna
"वह किसी के सामने चापलूसी करना पसंद नहीं करता।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To submit or yield tacitly; to behave in a servile or submissive manner to someone in authority.
"He refused to truckle to the demands of the corrupt administration."
- 1
A small wheel or caster, or a low bed (truckle bed) that can be pushed under another when not in use.
"The young apprentice slept on a simple truckle tucked beneath the master's heavy oak bed."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English word 'trocle', meaning a small wheel or pulley, originating from Latin 'trochlea' and ultimately from Greek 'trokhilia'. Over time, the meaning shifted from a small wheel or caster to a trundle bed that rolled under another, and finally to the figurative verb sense of cringing, subservience, or bowing down as if rolling on small wheels.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Truckle" is said worldwide
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flater
Transliteration: fla-tay
"Il refuse de flatter ses supérieurs pour obtenir une promotion."
katzbuckeln
Transliteration: kats-buk-eln
"Man sollte vor Mächtigen nicht immer katzbuckeln."
accondiscendere
Transliteration: a-kon-di-shèn-de-re
"Non intende accondiscendere ai loro capricci."
plegarse
Transliteration: ple-gar-se
"Se negó a plegarse ante las exigencias del director."
submeter-se
Transliteration: sub-me-ter-se
"Ele recusou-se a submeter-se aos caprichos do chefe."
चापलूसी करना
Transliteration: chaplusi karna
"वह किसी के सामने चापलूसी करना पसंद नहीं करता।"
卑躬屈膝
Transliteration: bēi gōng qū xī
"他拒绝向权贵卑躬屈膝。"
아첨하다
Transliteration: acheomhada
"그는 권력자에게 아첨하는 것을 거부했다."
へりくだる
Transliteration: herikudaru
"彼は権力者に決してへりくだらなかった。"
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