- running dog
- noun Date: 1927 one who blindly follows someone else's orders ; lackey
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
running dog
Look at other dictionaries:
Running Dog — infobox Book | name = Running Dog title orig = translator = image caption = Running Dog by Don DeLillo author = Don DeLillo cover artist = Karl Korab country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf… … Wikipedia
running dog — noun Etymology: translation of Chinese tsou2 kou3 hunting dog, lackey, literally, running dog : one who does someone else s bidding : lackey charge the missionaries with being running dogs for the imperialistic foreign powers Living Age … Useful english dictionary
running dog — Disparaging. 1. (esp. in Chinese Communist propaganda) a. a person or institution subservient to counterrevolutionary interests. b. a manipulable, servile follower; lackey: to be reviled as a running dog of the colonialists. 2. Archit. See… … Universalium
running-dog pattern — ▪ architectural motif in classical architecture, decorative motif consisting of a repeated stylized convoluted form, something like the profile of a breaking wave. This pattern, which may be raised above, incised into, or painted upon a surface … Universalium
running dog — noun lackey; an unprincipled person who helps or flatters other, more powerful and often evil people; similar in this sense to the English word lapdog … Wiktionary
running dog — noun informal a servile follower. Origin translating Chin. zǒugǒu … English new terms dictionary
dog — n. 1) to breed; keep dogs 2) to walk a dog (on a leash) 3) to muzzle a dog 4) to curb one s dog 5) a mad, rabid; stray; vicious; wild dog 6) a bird (AE), gun (BE); Eskimo; guard (BE); guide, seeing eye; hunting; pet; police; sheep; toy dog;… … Combinatory dictionary
running — {{11}}running (adj.) prp. adjective from RUN (Cf. run) (v.). Running mate originally was a horse entered in a race to set the pace for another from the same stable who was intended to win (1865); U.S. vice presidential sense is recorded from 1888 … Etymology dictionary
Dog anatomy — includes the same internal structures that are in humans. Details of structures vary tremendously from breed to breed, more than in any other animal species, wild or domesticated,[1] as dogs vary from the tiny Chihuahua to the giant Irish… … Wikipedia
Dog fighting — is a form of blood sport in which game dogs are made to fight, sometimes to the death. It is illegal in most developed countries. Dog fighting is used for entertainment and may also generate revenue from stud fees, admission fees and gambling.… … Wikipedia
