lapdog

English

Alternative forms

• lap dog

Noun

lapdog (plural lapdogs)

1. A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap.
2. (derogatory) one who is completely obedient, unquestioning, and submissive to the government or another party.

Translations

a small and tame dog

• Finnish: sylikoira (fi)
• French: chien-chien (fr) m, bichon (fr) m
• German: Schoßhund (de) m

• Hungarian: öleb (hu)
• Russian: комнатная собачка (ru) (kómnatnaja sobáčka) f
• Swedish: knähund (sv) c