Spaniel

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  • noun. Any of several breeds of small-sized to medium-sized dogs, usually having drooping ears, short legs, and a wavy, silky coat.
  • noun. A docile or servile person.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fawn; cringe; be obsequious.
  • To follow like a spaniel.
  • noun. A dog of a domestic breed, of medium and small sizes, with a long silky and usually curly coat, long, soft, drooping ears, feathered tail and stern, of docile, timid, and affectionate disposition, much used for sporting purposes and as pets.
  • noun. Figuratively, a mean, cringing, fawning person; a blindly submissive follower: from the characteristics of the spaniel in relation to its master, or when in a state of fear.
  • Like a spaniel; fawningly submissive; mean; servile; cringing.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Cringing; fawning.
  • noun. One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under clumber, and cocker.
  • noun. A cringing, fawning person.
  • transitive verb. To follow like a spaniel.
  • intransitive verb. To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various small breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
  • verb. To follow loyally, like a spaniel.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
    • Word Usage
    "I think you chose a great breed for training as the Boykin spaniel is very smart dog (not biased or anything)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gun dog  sporting dog  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Brittany spaniel  Clumber spaniel  English cocker spaniel  Sussex spaniel  clumber  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Daniel  Nathaniel  daniel  granule  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Pomeranian  bloodhound  cocker  collie  fox terrier  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cringe  cringing  fawn  fawning  
    variant
    clumber  cocker  
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