poodle
see also: POODLE
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈpuː.dəl/
Noun

poodle (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.
  2. (figuratively) A person servile towards someone whom he or she considers his or her superior.
Synonyms
  • (breed of dog) Canis aviarius aquaticus (formal, before 20th century)
Translations
  • French: caniche
  • German: Pudel
  • Italian: barbone, barboncino
  • Portuguese: poodle
  • Russian: пу́дель
  • Spanish: caniche

POODLE
Noun

poodle (uncountable)

  1. (computing) A man-in-the-middle exploit that takes advantage of Internet and security software clients' fallback to an older version of SSL.



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