📖 Definitions of "Fawns"
noun
- 1
A young deer.
- 2
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
- 3
The young of an animal; a whelp.
verb
- 1
To give birth to a fawn.
noun
- 1
A servile cringe or bow.
- 2
Base flattery.
verb
- 1
To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
- 2
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
- 3
(of a dog) To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fawns"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dunnoun | (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding. |
| suck upverb | (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour. |
| trucklenoun | A small wheel; a caster or pulley. |
| crawlnoun | A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. |
| kotownoun | Alternative spelling of kowtow. [The act of kowtowing.] |
| kowtownoun | The act of kowtowing. |
| grovelverb | (intransitive) To abase oneself before another person. |
| creepnoun | (informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment. |
| cringenoun | (uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment. |
| cowerverb | (intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear. |
| bootlicknoun | (US, derogatory) A toady or sycophant. |
| toadynoun | A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion. |
| grayish brownnoun | a color varying around light grayish brown |
| greyish brownnoun | a color varying around light grayish brown |
| calvesnoun | A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo. |
| pupsnoun | A young dog, wolf, fox, seal, bat or shark, or the young of certain other animals. |
| doenoun | A female deer; also used of similar animals such as antelope (less commonly a goat, as nanny is also used). |
| cubsnoun | (baseball) The team The Chicago Cubs. |
| deernoun | (countable) A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer. |
| nestlingsnoun | A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest. |
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