poodle (ˈpuːdəll
)
Definitions
noun
- a breed of dog, with varieties of different sizes, having curly hair, which is often clipped from ribs to tail for showing: originally bred to hunt waterfowl
- a person who is servile; lackey
Word Origin
C19: from German Pudel, short for Pudelhund, from pudeln to splash + Hund dog; the dogs were formerly trained as water dogs; see puddle, houndC19: from German short for from to splash + dog; the dogs were formerly trained as water dogs; see , 1Translations
- British English:
poodle
A poodle is a type of dog with thick curly hair.ˈpuːdl NOUN
- Spanish:
caniche
nm
- French:
caniche
nm
- German:
Pudel
nm Pudel
- Chinese: 狮子狗 n
- Arabic: كَلْبُ البُودِل n
- Portuguese: caniche n
- Russian: пудель nm пуделиха
- Croatian: pudlica nf
- Czech: pudl nm
- Danish: puddel nutr
- Dutch: poedel nm
- Finnish: villakoira n
- Greek: κανίς nnt
- Italian: barboncino nm
- Japanese: プードル n
- Korean: 푸들 n
- Norwegian: puddel nm
- Polish: pudel nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: poodle nm
- European Spanish:
caniche
nm
- Swedish: pudel nutr
- Thai: สุนัขพันธุ์พุดเดิ้ล n
- Turkish: kaniş n
- Vietnamese: chó lông xù n
Usage examples
The ones who dress their poodle up in diapers and feed it through a bottle.
, Follow the Sharks (1986)The curly tuft of blonde hair riding atop his girlfriend's head suggests that somewhere a poodle is missing its pelt.
Esquire (2004)To characterise Prime Minister Blair as a poodle is an absolutely absurd and silly charge.
New Zealand Herald (2003)I said Simon Cowell's brother Nicholas ran a poodle parlour called Fast Poodles.
Sun, News of the World (2002)They found him in a nearby field, having a wonderful time with a little lady poodle.
, More of the World's Best Drinking Jokes (1993)