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flunky

  • 1 fluorita

    • flunky
    • fluoresce
    • fluorinate
    • fluorography

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > fluorita

  • 2 lacayo

    m.
    1 footman (criado).
    2 manservant, flunky, servant, house-servant.
    * * *
    1 lackey, footman
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=criado) footman
    2) pey (=adulador) lackey
    * * *
    masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey
    * * *
    = menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].
    Ex. These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.
    Ex. However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    masculino ( criado) footman; ( persona servil) lackey
    * * *
    = menial worker, menial, flunky [flunkey].

    Ex: These free Negro women could earn only such wages as were paid to menial workers.

    Ex: However numerous the class of menials may be, it has not, as a rule, been able to absorb the whole number of those left propertyless.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    (criado) footman; (persona servil) lackey
    * * *

    lacayo m Hist (criado con librea) footman, lackey
    ' lacayo' also found in these entries:
    English:
    foot
    * * *
    lacayo nm
    1. [criado] footman
    2. Pey [persona servil] lackey
    * * *
    m fig
    pej lackey
    * * *
    lacayo nm
    : lackey

    Spanish-English dictionary > lacayo

  • 3 esbirro

    m.
    henchman.
    * * *
    1 HISTORIA bailiff
    2 (ayudante) henchman
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=ayudante) henchman, minion; (=sicario) killer
    2) Caribe ** (=soplón) grass **, fink (EEUU) **, informer
    3) ( Hist) (=alguacil) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    = henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].
    Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    masculino ( secuaz) henchman; (Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *
    = henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey].

    Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    1 (secuaz) henchman
    2 ( Hist) bailiff, constable
    * * *

    esbirro m pey thug, henchman
    * * *
    [matón] henchman, thug
    * * *
    m henchman
    * * *
    : henchman

    Spanish-English dictionary > esbirro

  • 4 lameculos

    m.&f. s&pl.
    1 brown-nose, arse-licker (very informal).
    2 bootlicker, ingratiating person, greaser.
    * * *
    1 tabú arse licker, US ass licker
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)
    * * *
    = arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.
    Ex. The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.
    Ex. Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.
    Ex. Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.
    * * *
    masculino y femenino (pl lameculos) (vulg) asskisser (AmE vulg), arselicker (BrE vulg)
    * * *
    = arse licker, flunky [flunkey], toady, creep, fawning.

    Ex: The way this government and its arse lickers conduct themselves is beyond belief.

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: He campaigned under the guise of a moderate 'new Democrat' but now we know he's simply a toady to labor bosses and the old vestiges of his party.
    Ex: Remember before you give your heart away to figure out if he's a creep or not because creeps are just there to use you for whatever needs they have.
    Ex: Over the past two days, the fawning American media has provided rave reviews of John McCain's visit to France.

    * * *
    (pl lameculos) ( vulg)
    asslicker ( AmE vulg), arse licker ( BrE vulg), brown nose o noser ( AmE vulg)
    * * *
    lameculos, Méx lambeculo nmf inv
    muy Fam brown-nose, Br arse-licker, US ass-licker
    * * *
    m inv vulg
    asslicker vulg, brown-nose pop, Br
    arselicker vulg

    Spanish-English dictionary > lameculos

  • 5 secuaz

    f. & m.
    1 minion (Pejorative).
    2 cohort, stooge, thug, underling.
    3 ally, sidekick.
    * * *
    1 follower, supporter (uso peyorativo) underling, henchman
    * * *
    SMF (=partidario) [gen] follower, supporter; pey henchman
    * * *
    (m) follower, henchman; (f) follower
    * * *
    = partisan, henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey], sidekick.
    Ex. Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.
    Ex. Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.
    * * *
    (m) follower, henchman; (f) follower
    * * *
    = partisan, henchman [henchmen, -pl.], flunky [flunkey], sidekick.

    Ex: Only a man like D'Andrea, willing to use force without stint or limit, could rise to leadership against John Powers & his protected, armed partisans.

    Ex: Even the president and his henchmen could not resist blowing their own trumpet.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: Her sidekick and confidante is Gabrielle, the rightful queen of the Amazons who abdicated her throne in order to join Xena.

    * * *
    masculine, feminine
    A ( masculine) follower, henchman
    B ( feminine) follower, henchwoman
    * * *
    secuaz nmf
    Pey minion
    * * *
    m/f follower
    * * *
    secuaz nmf, pl secuaces : follower, henchman, underling

    Spanish-English dictionary > secuaz

  • 6 cruel

    adj.
    cruel.
    * * *
    1 (persona) cruel (con/para, to)
    2 (clima) harsh, severe
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ cruel
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.
    Ex. Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.
    Ex. With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex. The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex. Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    ----
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.
    * * *
    adjetivo cruel

    la venganza será cruel — (hum) just you wait! (I'll get you!) (colloq)

    * * *
    = brutal, cruel, perverse, unkind, callous, cold-blooded, merciless, brutish, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat.
    Nota: Adjetivo.

    Ex: Few, if any of us, want to be involved in murder, but the brutal act of one person killing another, the motives for doing so, the personal and social consequences, all hold our attention, as newspaper editors well know and exploit = Pocos, si existe alguien, desea verse implicado en un asesinato, pero el acto brutal de una persona asesinando a otra, los motivos para hacerlo, las consecuencias personales y sociales, todo capta nuestra atención, como bien saben y explotan los directores de periódicos.

    Ex: With cruel suddenness she was being called upon to cover up for him.
    Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.
    Ex: The enumeration at 940.5316: Children and other noncombatants; Pacifists; Enemy sympathizers seems a little unkind, if nothing else.
    Ex: Not all large publishing companies are conducted in a callous and philistine manner, motivated solely by profit.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: In his most famous work, the Leviathan, Hobbes famously argued that life in the state of nature is 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short'.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    * volverse cruel = become + vicious.

    * * *
    cruel
    aquello fue una jugada cruel del destino that was a cruel twist of fate
    fueron muy crueles con él they were very cruel to him
    la venganza será cruel ( hum); just you wait! (I'll get you!) ( colloq)
    * * *

    cruel adjetivo
    cruel;

    cruel adjetivo cruel

    ' cruel' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - cebarse
    - desalmada
    - desalmado
    - draconiana
    - draconiano
    - mirada
    - salvaje
    - sañosa
    - sañoso
    - sañuda
    - sañudo
    - truculenta
    - truculento
    - verduga
    - verdugo
    - crueldad
    - inhumano
    - sanguinario
    English:
    brutal
    - callous
    - cheap
    - cruel
    - cutthroat
    - hard
    - heartless
    - inhuman
    - savage
    - unkind
    - vicious
    - blood
    - cold
    - fiend
    - inhumane
    - inhumanity
    - outrage
    * * *
    cruel adj
    1. [persona, acción] cruel;
    fuiste muy cruel con ella you were very cruel to her
    2. [dolor] excruciating, terrible
    3. [clima] harsh
    4. [duda] terrible
    * * *
    adj cruel
    * * *
    cruel adj
    : cruel
    ♦ cruelmente adv
    * * *
    cruel adj cruel

    Spanish-English dictionary > cruel

  • 7 desalmado

    adj.
    cruel, inhuman, heartless, conscienceless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desalmar.
    * * *
    1 (malvado) wicked
    2 (cruel) cruel, heartless
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (malvado) wicked person
    2 (cruel) cruel person, heartless person
    * * *
    ADJ cruel, heartless
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *
    - da masculino, femenino
    * * *
    = cold-blooded, soulless, heartless.

    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.

    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    * * *
    desalmado1 -da
    heartless, callous
    desalmado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    heartless o callous swine ( colloq)
    * * *

    desalmado,-a
    I adjetivo cruel, heartless
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino heartless person: solo un desalmado cometería un crimen así, only a cruel, heartless person could have committed such a crime
    ' desalmado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desalmada
    English:
    fiend
    - fiendish
    * * *
    desalmado, -a
    ♦ adj
    heartless
    ♦ nm,f
    heartless person;
    es un desalmado he's completely heartless
    * * *
    I adj heartless
    II m, desalmada f
    :
    es un desalmado he is heartless
    * * *
    desalmado, -da adj
    : heartless, callous

    Spanish-English dictionary > desalmado

  • 8 despiadado

    adj.
    merciless, cruel, inhuman, cold-hearted.
    * * *
    1 ruthless, merciless
    * * *
    (f. - despiadada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] heartless; [ataque] merciless
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex. The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex. The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex. The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex. The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex. The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex. He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex. Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex. The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex. The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex. Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex. As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex. Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    ----
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo < persona> ruthless, heartless; <ataque/crítica> savage, merciless
    * * *
    = hard-hearted, relentless, savage, ruthless, remorseless, implacable, inexorable, cold-blooded, ferocius, unsparing, merciless, soulless, ferocious, heartless, cutthroat, unforgiving.

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: They need to be relentless in their fight for adequate funding so that the library service and the profession are not jeopardised.
    Ex: The most vulnerable nations are Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, which have all experienced savage war and civil unrest in recent years.
    Ex: The ruling also coincided with a flood of mergers and acquisitions that transformed gentlemen publishers into ruthless entrepreneurs.
    Ex: The population explosion and the remorseless growth of knowledge are discussed.
    Ex: The implacable reduction in the dissemination of public documents constitutes a rebarbative policy that threatens the quality of reference services in libraries.
    Ex: The inexorable tide of automation seems to be threatening the existence of old-fashioned, handwritten copymarking.
    Ex: He was a cold-blooded killer, cardsharp, gambler and a consumptive who also ran several confidence scams.
    Ex: Fuller's novel make for a form of intellectual clarity, even if that clarity, paradoxically, is expressed in a ferocious hell-bent manner.
    Ex: The book is so ferociously unsparing in detailing the systematic torment as well as wanton cruelty that the reconstruction of the past is often unbearable.
    Ex: The author discusses art critic Harry Quilter, usually remembered today as 'Arry,' the butt of merciless lampooning by J.M. Whistler.
    Ex: Our deliberate and passionate ambition is to avoid the traps of soulless, dead villages turned into museums, slowly sinking into oblivion.
    Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    Ex: As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' -- shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
    Ex: Unlike other Swedish illustrators, he used the time consuming and unforgiving technique of wood engraving for his illustrations.
    * actuar de un modo despiadado = play + hardball.
    * ser despiadado = play + hardball.

    * * *
    ‹persona› ruthless, heartless; ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    * * *

    despiadado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹ persona› ruthless, heartless;


    ‹ataque/crítica› savage, merciless
    despiadado,-a adjetivo merciless, ruthless
    ' despiadado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acerba
    - acerbo
    - bárbara
    - bárbaro
    - despiadada
    English:
    cold-blooded
    - cold-hearted
    - cutthroat
    - merciless
    - pitiless
    - remorseless
    - ruthless
    - unmerciful
    - vicious
    - cold
    * * *
    despiadado, -a adj
    [persona] merciless; [trato] inhuman, pitiless; [ataque] savage, merciless
    * * *
    adj ruthless
    * * *
    despiadado, -da adj
    cruel: cruel, merciless, pitiless
    * * *
    despiadado adj hard-hearted / heartless / ruthless

    Spanish-English dictionary > despiadado

  • 9 malvado

    adj.
    wicked, devilish, evil, perverse.
    m.
    villain, evildoer, wrongdoer.
    * * *
    1 wicked, evil
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 villain, evil person
    * * *
    (f. - malvada)
    adj.
    evil, wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    1.
    ADJ evil, wicked
    2.
    SM / F villain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.
    Ex. If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.
    Ex. One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    ----
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo wicked, evil; ( uso hiperbólico) wicked
    * * *
    = wicked, evil, heartless.

    Ex: If the analogy with the fairy story is taken a little further it can be noted that no author really believes in dragons, wicked queens, fair maidens locked in high towers and the like.

    Ex: One teacher I knew used to poke his head round the door just at the end of the day and say something like, 'Tomorrow when we meet I am going to tell you about the evil magician,' and then he would disappear leaving us all agog.
    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * vieja malvada = evil old woman.

    * * *
    malvado1 -da
    wicked, evil; (uso hiperbólico) wicked
    malvado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    el malvado que la había engañado the evil man who had deceived her
    no llores por esa malvada don't cry over that evil o wicked woman
    * * *

    malvado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    wicked, evil
    malvado,-a adjetivo evil, wicked

    ' malvado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malvada
    - miserable
    - siniestra
    - siniestro
    - tenebrosa
    - tenebroso
    - satánico
    English:
    evil
    - fiend
    - ungodly
    - villainous
    - wicked
    * * *
    malvado, -a
    ♦ adj
    evil, wicked
    ♦ nm,f
    villain, evil person;
    es un malvado he's evil o wicked
    * * *
    I adj evil
    II m, malvada f evil man; mujer evil woman
    * * *
    malvado, -da adj
    : evil, wicked
    malvado, -da n
    : evildoer, wicked person
    * * *
    malvado adj evil / wicked [comp. wickeder; superl. wickedest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > malvado

  • 10 personaje secundario

    Ex. However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.
    * * *

    Ex: However, I knew there was a problem when I actually cared more about the relationship between the secondary characters of Josh McCool, heartless flunky of Warren's, and Mia.

    Spanish-English dictionary > personaje secundario

  • 11 lacayo

    • flunked student
    • flunkey
    • flunkeyism
    • flunky
    • flunkyism
    • footman
    • house-servant
    • lackadaisical
    • lackey
    • lacking
    • lacquer-like
    • lacquey
    • lacrimal
    • manservant
    • menial
    • servant

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > lacayo

  • 12 servilismo

    • adulation
    • excessive deference
    • fawning
    • flunker
    • flunkeyism
    • flunky
    • fluor
    • fulsomeness
    • obsequiousness
    • servility
    • slavishness
    • subserviency
    • sycophancy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > servilismo

См. также в других словарях:

  • Flunky — Flun ky (fl[u^][ng] k[y^]), n.; pl. {Flunkies} (fl[u^][ng] k[i^]z). [Prob. fr. or akin to flank.] [Written also {flunkey}.] 1. A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flunky — also flunkey, 1782, Scottish dialect, footman, liveried servant, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dim. variant of flanker. Sense of flatterer, toady first recorded 1855 …   Etymology dictionary

  • flunky — n. pl. flunkeys [fluŋ′kē] n. flunkies [orig. Scot < ? Fr flanquer, to flank, be at the side of, as to render aid < OFr flanc, FLANK] 1. a liveried manservant: term of contempt 2. a) a person who obeys superiors in a servile, cringing way ☆ …   English World dictionary

  • flunky — When something isn t right, and it is hard to know the reason behind it. 1. My clothes are all flunky now that I have lost 30 lbs. 2. John was really flunky when he was in school, but in business he s terrific. 3. Why was that really good looking …   Dictionary of american slang

  • flunky — When something isn t right, and it is hard to know the reason behind it. 1. My clothes are all flunky now that I have lost 30 lbs. 2. John was really flunky when he was in school, but in business he s terrific. 3. Why was that really good looking …   Dictionary of american slang

  • flunky — noun 1) a flunky brought us drinks Syn: servant, lackey, steward, butler, footman, valet, attendant, page 2) government flunkies searched his offices Syn: minion, lackey, hireling, s …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • flunky — flunkey UK [ˈflʌŋkɪ] / US or flunky UK / US noun [countable] Word forms flunkey : singular flunkey plural flunkeys 1) an insulting word for someone who is always keen to please or obey more powerful people 2) an insulting word for someone who… …   English dictionary

  • Flunky (computer game) — Infobox VG| title = Flunky developer = Don Priestley publisher = Piranha Games designer = engine = released = 1987 genre = Arcade adventure modes = Single player ratings = N/A platforms = ZX Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC media = Cassette… …   Wikipedia

  • flunky — also flunkey or flunkie noun (plural flunkies; also flunkeys) Etymology: Scots, of unknown origin Date: circa 1782 1. a. a liveried servant b. one performing menial or miscellaneous duties 2. yes man …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flunky — an anchor fixing a trawl line in place …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • flunky — flunkyism, n. /flung kee/, n., pl. flunkies. 1. a male servant in livery. 2. an assistant who does menial work. 3. a toady; yes man. Also, flunkey. [1775 85; perh. alter. of FLANKER] * * * …   Universalium

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