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}} подли́зываться

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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}} lickspittlery

Translations

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, n

Alternative forms

lick-spittle

Etymology

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

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