A cringing, fawning person.
Used in a Sentence
spaniel
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spaniel.
Editorial note
He’s a pit bull, but that speckled neck and feet tells me that there’s some Spaniel in there somewhere.
Examples19
Definitions3
Parts of speech2
Quick take
A cringing, fawning person.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of spaniel gathered in one view.
To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel.
Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for spaniel.
noun
A cringing, fawning person.
verb
To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel.
noun
Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
Example sentences
He’s a pit bull, but that speckled neck and feet tells me that there’s some Spaniel in there somewhere.
Eh, Claude is like a magical spaniel that can read and write very quickly, with early-stage alzheimers, on amphetamines.
Now if only someone could tell me why my Spaniel steals socks from all over the house and hides them under tables.
You'd have better success explaining this to a Cocker Spaniel than an MBA grad.
Or the group who went dynamite ice fishing and their spaniel retrieved a lit stick of dynamite and hid under their truck.
I joked that as a Labrador will seemingly eat itself sick, a Spaniel will run itself lame.
I believe William Spaniel has produced videos (relating to the Russian General Election) where he points this out, too.
You’ve just changed my perspective on my life (and my spaniel’s).
Ermmmmm wouldn't they want to expand that into cocker spaniel...lol.
I have an English Cocker Spaniel that once gave birth to three beautiful puppies.
Dalmatian deafness, Bulldog respiration, King Charles Spaniel syringomyelia, etc...
I grew up with a cocker spaniel obsessed with tennis balls to the point of covering his food with them and letting it rot.
Quote examples
Spaniel course on international relationship is that "international order" is the longest running form of anarchy.
Granted, most YouTube analyst channels with ~=>500k subscribers usually do deploy exaggerated claims or "one parameter to explain everything" narrative (Zeihan, Varoufakis, Mersheimer, William Spaniel) so you should take their infotainment with a grain of salt.
In general, if you misclassify "dog" for a fixed architecture you will most certainly misclassify "Blenheim Spaniel" and "Flat-coated Retriever" - the two other classes are subsets of the first.
It's impossible to tell from the examples given in the article, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same classifier that gets 100% on "Blenheim Spaniel" and "Flat-coated Retriever" gets less than 100% on "Dog".
Proper noun examples
Some dogs have short names (Pug), some long single-words (Dalmatian), some simply spitefully awkward (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel).
I also highly recommend William Spaniel's excellent analysis on this and related subjects if you care to catch up.
As a complete layman, I highly recommend the YouTube channel of William Spaniel, along with his second channel Lines on Maps Extra.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use spaniel in a sentence?
He’s a pit bull, but that speckled neck and feet tells me that there’s some Spaniel in there somewhere.
What does spaniel mean?
A cringing, fawning person.
What part of speech is spaniel?
spaniel is commonly used as noun, verb.