| Spaniel 1. (n.) 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 Cocker. 2. (n.) A cringing, fawning person. 3. (a.) Cringing; fawning. 4. (v. i.) To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. 5. (v. t.) To follow like a spaniel. Thesaurus Entries ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, groveler, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, yes-man |