flatter vs truckle

flatter

verb
  • To portray someone to advantage. 

  • To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour. 

  • To enhance someone's vanity by praising them. 

  • To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope. 

noun
  • Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener. 

  • Someone who lives in a rented flat. 

  • A type of set tool used by blacksmiths. 

  • A flat-faced fulling hammer. 

  • A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs. 

truckle

verb
  • To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior. 

  • To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle. 

  • To sleep in a truckle bed. 

noun
  • A small wheel; a caster or pulley. 

  • A truckle bed. 

  • A small wheel of cheese. 

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