Usually means: Sycophant eager to please superiors.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word lickspittle:

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  1. lickspittle: Merriam-Webster
  2. lickspittle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lickspittle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lickspittle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lickspittle: Wordnik
  6. lickspittle: Wiktionary
  7. lickspittle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. lickspittle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. lickspittle: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lickspittle: Dictionary.com
  11. Lickspittle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. LICKSPITTLE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  13. Lickspittle: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. lickspittle: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lickspittle: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lickspittle: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lickspittle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (lickspittle)

noun:  A fawning toady; a base sycophant.
noun:  (by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal gain.
verb:  (transitive and intransitive) To play the toady; take the role of a lickspittle to please (someone).

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