1. lickspittle - Noun
2. lickspittle - Verb
A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
Synonyms: brown noser, flatterer, sycophant, toady
(by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
lickspittle (third-person singular simple present lickspittles, present participle lickspittling, simple past and past participle lickspittled)
(transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).
LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper ... the lickspittle is only the blackmailer under another aspect, although the latter is frequently found as an independent species. Ambrose Bierce