spaniel

Speech parts

1. spaniel - Noun

2. spaniel - Adjective

3. spaniel - Verb

Meaning

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.

Cringing; fawning.

To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious.

To follow like a spaniel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harrier cocker spaniard lackey bloodhound collie jackal poodle beagle tool dog parasite hound terrier minion
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Antonyms

king lord householder host master owner
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Hypernyms

gun dog sporting dog

Hyponyms

cocker springer clumber water spaniel clumber spaniel cocker spaniel

Phrases with the word

toy spaniel tame spaniel english hunting spaniel english spaniel english sporting spaniel english water spaniel

Anagrams

Espinal pinseal Spinale apelsin

Examples

I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind. Alex Ferguson

Rance: A search party must be organized. What have you in the way of dogs? Prentice: A spaniel and a miniature poodle. Rance: Let them be unleashed! Joe Orton

Love your enemies and do good to them that hate and use you - is this not the despicable philosophy of the spaniel that rolls upon its back when kicked? Anton LaVey

I've got no talent. Still sing flat as a table. I'm a sort of human spaniel. People come to see what I'm like. I make them feel, I exhaust them, I destroy them. Johnnie Ray

Hibbert, p. 46; Longford, p. 54; St Aubyn, p. 50; Waller, p. 344; Woodham-Smith, p. 126 Heiress presumptive Victoria with her spaniel Dash, 1833 Painting by George Hayter Victoria later described her childhood as "rather melancholy". Source: Internet

Graham trotted after the larger than life McCain like a spaniel. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Spaniardess Spaniardization Spaniardize spaniellike spaniine spanikopita