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poo·dle

 (po͞od′l)
n.
A dog of a breed developed in Europe to retrieve game from the water, having a thick curly coat that is often clipped, and classified by size into standard, miniature, and toy varieties.

[German Pudel, short for Pudelhund : Low German pudeln, to splash about (from pudel, puddle) + German Hund, dog.]
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poodle

(ˈpuːdəl)
n
1. (Breeds) a breed of dog, with varieties of different sizes, having curly hair, which is often clipped from ribs to tail for showing: originally bred to hunt waterfowl
2. a person who is servile; lackey
[C19: from German Pudel, short for Pudelhund, from pudeln to splash + Hund dog; the dogs were formerly trained as water dogs; see puddle, hound1]
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poo•dle

(ˈpud l)

n.
one of a breed of dogs with long, thick, frizzy or curly hair usu. trimmed in standard patterns, occurring in three varieties (standard, miniature, and toy) that differ only in size: orig. used as a water retriever.
[1815–25; < German Pudel, short for Pudelhund=pudel(n) to splash (see puddle) + Hund hound]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.poodle - an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clippedpoodle - an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs
Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"
toy poodle - the breed of very small poodles
miniature poodle - a breed of small poodles
standard poodle - a breed or medium-sized poodles
large poodle - the largest breed of poodle
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Translations
كَلْبُ البُودِلكَلْب مُجَعَّد الشَّعْر
pudl
puddel
villakoira
pudlica
uszkár
púîli, púîluhundur
プードル
푸들
pudelis
pūdelis
pudel
pudel
สุนัขพันธุ์พุดเดิ้ล
fino köpeğikaniş
chó lông xù

poodle

[ˈpuːdl] Ncaniche mf
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poodle

[ˈpuːdəl] ncaniche m
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poodle

nPudel m
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poodle

[ˈpuːdl] nbarboncino
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poodle

(ˈpuːdl) noun
a breed of dog whose curly hair is often clipped in a decorative way.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

poodle

كَلْبُ البُودِل pudl puddel Pudel κανίς caniche villakoira caniche pudlica barboncino プードル 푸들 poedel puddel pudel caniche, poodle пудель pudel สุนัขพันธุ์พุดเดิ้ล kaniş chó lông xù 狮子狗
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References in classic literature ?
And as to the third of our trio, Epanchin, of course after that little affair with the poodle in the railway carriage, it was all UP between us."
A LION seeing a Poodle fell into laughter at the ridiculous spectacle.
A magnificent Poodle appeared, walking on his hind legs just like a man.
Presently a vagrant poodle dog came idling along, sad at heart, lazy with the summer softness and the quiet, weary of captivity, sigh- ing for change.
Bernard, a few retrievers and Newfoundlands, a boar-hound, a French poodle, with plenty of hair round its head, but mangy about the middle; a bull-dog, a few Lowther Arcade sort of animals, about the size of rats, and a couple of Yorkshire tykes.
You shall become a black poodle and have a gold collar round your neck, and shall eat burning coals, till the flames burst forth from your throat.' And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog, and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bring up some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth from his throat.
Then she would pounce upon me with a lot of that drivelling poodle palaver and kiss me on the nose--but what could I do?
"You like to have her about you, as you would like to have a flower, or a bird, or a picture, or a poodle--no, not a poodle, though--or anything else that was equally pretty?" says Volumnia, sympathizing.
Bute on her left, the poodle and Miss Briggs on the back seat.
And you shall see my poodle, too: a splendid little charmer imported from Paris: and two fine Italian paintings of great value--I forget the artist.
This suited her better than anything else, but it was not good for her, and she grew pale, heavy-eyed and listless, though Aunt Plenty gave her iron enough to make a cooking-stove, and Aunt Peace petted her like a poodle.
He always came at dinner-time and brought an ugly poodle with him, whose paws soiled their furniture.