Definitions For Lickspittle
Verb
{{en-verb}} (transitive, and, intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).Translations
Azerbaijani: yaltaqlıq etmək Danish: spytslikker, c Finnish: nuoleskelija French: lèche-botte, lèche-cul Macedonian: подлизурко, m Norwegian: spyttslikker, m Polish: podlizywać się, impf, podlizać się, pf, włazić w dupę, impf Russian: льстить, подхалимничать, {{qualifier, informal, colloquial}} подли́зыватьсяReferences
Noun
LICKSPITTLE (plural LICKSPITTLEs) A fawning toady; a base sycophant. : Synonym: brown noser, flatterer, sycophant, toady (by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.Derived terms
lickspittling {{qualifier, verbal noun}} lickspittleryTranslations
Azerbaijani: yaltaq Bulgarian: полизурко, m, блюдолизец, m Dutch: slijmerd,pluimstrijker Finnish: hännystelijä, nuoleskelija German: Speichellecker, m Polish: lizus, m, przydupas, m, wazeliniarz, m, dupowłaz, m Quechua: llaqwaq Russian: льстец, m, подхали́м, m; лизоблю́д, m Azerbaijani: yaltaqlıq Russian: лизоблю́дство, n, подхали́мство, nAlternative forms
lick-spittleEtymology
A compounding: lick, , pass one’s tongue over + spittle, , saliva; the verb may derive by back-formation from the nominal derivation lickspittling (see below).“” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)Is Lickspittle a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
23
The word Lickspittle is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Lickspittle in a Sentence
- A partisan news program whose host is more of a lickspittle for the White House than a serious journalist