See lickspittle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lizus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "przydupas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wazeliniarz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dupowłaz"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"word": "llaqwaq"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹstec",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "льстец"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxalím",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подхали́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lizobljúd",
"sense": "fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лизоблю́д"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "practice of giving empty flattery",
"word": "yaltaqlıq"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lizobljúdstvo",
"sense": "practice of giving empty flattery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "лизоблю́дство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxalímstvo",
"sense": "practice of giving empty flattery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "подхали́мство"
}
],
"word": "lickspittle"
}
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"etymology_text": "A compounding: lick (“pass one’s tongue over”) + spittle (“saliva”); the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lickspittles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lickspittling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lickspittled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lickspittled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"args": {},
"expansion": "lickspittle (third-person singular simple present lickspittles, present participle lickspittling, simple past and past participle lickspittled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1886, Aylmer and Louise Maude, The Light Shines in Darkness, translation of original by Leo Tolstoy, act 1:",
"text": "\"[Y]ou take his side, and that is wrong! ...If some young school teacher, or some young lad, lickspittles to him, it's bad enough.\"",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"role",
"role"
],
[
"please",
"please"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "lĭkʹspĭtl",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "lĭkʹspĭtəl",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪkspɪtl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"other": "/ˈlɪkspɪtəl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lick-spittle"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "yaltaqlıq etmək"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spytslikker"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "nuoleskelija"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "lèche-botte"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "lèche-cul"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "podlizurko",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подлизурко"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spyttslikker"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "podlizywać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "podlizać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "włazić w dupę"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹstitʹ",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "льстить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxalimničatʹ",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"word": "подхалимничать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podlízyvatʹsja",
"sense": "act as a fawning toady",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"informal"
],
"word": "подли́зываться"
}
],
"word": "lickspittle"
}
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