poodle
noun/ˈpuːdl/
/ˈpuːdl/
- a dog with thick curly hair that is sometimes cut into special shapesTopics Animalsc1
- (British English, informal) a person who is too willing to do what somebody else tells them to do
- He has made himself appear a poodle of the Prime Minister.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German Pudel(hund), from Low German pud(d)eln ‘splash in water’ (the poodle being a water-dog).
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