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# lapdog

«lapdog» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small pet dog that likes to sit on people's laps** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lapdog, lapdogs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A lapdog is a small pet dog that likes to sit on people's laps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#m1)

2) (informal, insult) A lapdog is a person who always obeys a more powerful person without thinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday and stories: «a little lapdog». In news and politics, «lapdog» is an insult for someone who just does what a leader wants.

### examples

- Grandma's lapdog sleeps on her knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x1)
- A Pekingese is a typical lapdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x2)
- The lapdog yapped at the postman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x3)
- People called the minister the president's lapdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x4)
- My big dog thinks he is a lapdog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x5)
- Lapdogs were popular with rich ladies long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x6)
- He touched the dog too, and it became a little silky lapdog that could nestle in your palm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/#x7)

### note

Plural: lapdogs. One word. The insult sense is rude about a person; use it with care.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lapdog» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lapdog/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.