Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small dog fondled in the lap; a pet dog.
Wiktionary
- n. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
- n. derogatory one who is completely obedient, unquestioning, and submissive to the government or another party.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A small dog which is or can be fondled in the lap.
- n. informal One who does the bidding of another; a servile follower.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap
Examples
“I guess being Sarah Palin's lapdog is easier than covering real news, huh, CNN?”
“And to sell out all superheroes as Tony Stark’s lapdog is unforgivable.”
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“The lapdog aka Sammie was flipping through the Post.”
““I hope the lapdog was a bitch,” he said, smiling.”
“Verified workaholic Rick (Milo Ventimiglia, "Heroes") is right-hand-man -- aka "lapdog" -- to hard-driving Miss Craig (Mimi Rogers) at her high-end tax law firm, enduring brusque criticisms and demands without even private complaint.”
“The first casualty of the president's political debacle will likely be Timothy Geithner, the severely over-confident treasury secretary well known as a lapdog of Wall Street.”
“William Greider: The first casualty of the president's political debacle will likely be Timothy Geithner, the severely over-confident treasury secretary well-known as a lapdog of Wall Street.”
“Really, Great Britain, if you want to move on from the Tony Blair "lapdog" era of British power, isn't it time to break some fashion rules?”
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“Of course I am sure wolf "lapdog" blitzer didn't call her on her politicizing of the event before all the other dems did and the fact that they had to respond.”
“But accommodating the right has long been a burden of the Bushes, dating back to the days when George Bush Senior was called a "lapdog" for catering to the right wing as Reagan's vice president.”
Lists
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Interesting words
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dogs and their relatives
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Permutations
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Flattery Will Get You Everywhere
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trillie's Words
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Tweets
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amacleod03 One eager to take care of someone else's needs—either stated or anticipated—especially in order to maintain a position of privilege or status.
The metaphor refers to small dogs whose lives are mostly lived in the laps of their owners, such as Bruiser, Reese Witherspoon's canine co-star in the film Legally Blonde. While not always political dogs, lap dogs often are, as in Mike Barnicle's description of political appointees from academia, “a bunch of intellectual lap dogs for anybody who holds a big job in government.�? Jul 11, 2009