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lackeying

lackeying is the present participle and gerund of lackey.

Meaning of lackey

Verb

lackey (third-person singular simple present lackeys, present participle lackeying, simple past and past participle lackeyed)

  1. (transitive) To attend, wait upon, serve obsequiously.
    • [T]he ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love,
      Comes deared by being lacked. This common body,
      Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream,
      Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide,
      To rot itself with motion.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To toady, play the flunky.

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Questions about lackeying

What is lackeying the present participle and gerund of?
Lackeying is the present participle and gerund of lackey.

Words near lackeying in the dictionary

  1. lackey
  2. lackey moth
  3. lackey moths
  4. lackeydom
  5. lackeyed
  6. lackeying
  7. lackeyism
  8. lackeys
  9. lackeyship
  10. Lackford
  11. lackherage

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