poodle

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UK/ˈpuː.dəl/US/ˈpu.dəl/

noun

A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.

Meanings

poodle1

nounpoodle (plural poodles)

plural poodles

  1. A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.
    1 more example

    Unnamed Vato 1: Maybe I do have more issues than a magazine stand, but all those magazines are puro fancy. I never wanted to be a vato. I just want to groom and train poodles. Mocho: I secretly groom and train poodles. Chalaza: Are you guys messing with me? Whenever you turn your back, I secretly groom and train poodles. Watch. Turn your back. I'm doing it. I'm doing it! Unnamed Vato 1: I can't see. My back is turned.

    2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 2

    Synonyms: Canis aviarius aquaticus, puddle-hound

  2. figurativelyA person servile towards someone whom they consider their superior.

    Synonyms: acolyte, adjutant, aide, bootlicker, disciple, flunkey, footman, satrap

verbpoodle (third-person singular simple present poodles, present participle poodling, simple past and past participle poodled)

present singular third person poodles · participle present poodling · participle past poodled · past poodled

  1. slanglifestyleTo wear a partial fursuit, typically the head and hands, while showing one's skin.

POODLE2

proper noun
  1. computingA man-in-the-middle exploit that takes advantage of Internet and security software clients' fallback to an older version of SSL.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.

Similar
Canis aviarius aquaticuspuddle-hound

More synonyms by meaning

nounan 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

Similar
poodle dog
Broader
dogdomestic dogCanis familiaris

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

poodle · noun, verb

  1. GermanPudel
  2. Englishpoodle

From German Pudel, a shortened form of Pudelhund, a compound of Hund (“dog”) and the German Low German term Pudel, Pūdel (“puddle”), from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”). First attested in 1773 in the noun sense 1. The verb sense references the appearance a poodle with shaved legs, displaying its skin.

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POODLE · proper noun

Initialism from Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption.

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Translations

Arabic كَانِيش
  • كَانِيش (kānīš)dog breed
Bulgarian пудел
  • пудел (pudel)dog breed
Catalan canitx
  • canitxdog breed
Chinese Mandarin 貴賓犬 /贵宾犬, 貴婦犬 /贵妇犬
  • 貴賓犬 /贵宾犬 (guìbīnquǎn)dog breed
  • 貴婦犬 /贵妇犬 (guìfùquǎn)dog breed
Czech pudl
  • pudldog breed
Danish puddel, puddelhund
  • puddeldog breed
  • puddelhunddog breed
Dutch poedel
  • poedeldog breed
Esperanto pudelo
  • pudelodog breed
Finnish villakoira, puudeli
  • villakoiradog breed
  • puudelidog breed
French caniche
  • canichedog breed
German Pudel
  • Pudeldog breed
Greek κανίς
  • κανίς (kanís)dog breed
Hebrew פודל
  • פודל (pudl)dog breed
Hindi पूडल
  • पूडल (pūḍal)dog breed
Hungarian uszkár, pudli
  • uszkárdog breed
  • pudlidog breed
Icelandic púðluhundur, púðli
  • púðluhundurdog breed
  • púðlidog breed
Indonesian pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Irish púdal
  • púdaldog breed
Italian barbone, barboncino
  • barbonedog breed
  • barboncinodog breed
Japanese プードル
  • プードル (pūdoru)dog breed
Korean 푸들
  • 푸들 (pudeul)dog breed
Latvian pūdels
  • pūdelsdog breed
Lithuanian pudelis
  • pudelisdog breed
Malay pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Norwegian Bokmål puddel
  • puddeldog breed
Persian پودل
  • پودل (pudel)dog breed
Polish pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Portuguese caniche, poodle
  • canichedog breed
  • poodledog breed
Romanian pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Russian пу́дель
  • пу́дель (púdelʹ)dog breed
Slovak pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Spanish caniche
  • canichedog breed
Swedish pudel
  • pudeldog breed
Tamil பூடில்
  • பூடில் (pūṭil)dog breed
Thai พูเดิล
  • พูเดิล (phudoen)dog breed
Turkish kaniş
  • kanişdog breed
Ukrainian пудель
  • пудель (pudelʹ)dog breed
Vietnamese chó săn vịt
  • chó săn vịtdog breed
Welsh pwdl
  • pwdldog breed

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

poodle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poodle

MLA

“poodle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poodle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poodle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poodle.

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