flunky

English - Turkish

Definition of flunky in English Turkish dictionary

piyon

birinin emirlerine koşan

dalkavuk

Eğer bir dalkavuk gibi davranırsan sana da bir dalkavuk gibi davranırlar. - If you behave like a flunky, you'll be treated like a flunky.

yağcı

hizmetçi

{i} uşak

{i} evet efendimci

slang yağcı

Related Terms

flunkey

uşak

flunkey

yağcı/kahya

flunkey

{i} evet efendimci

flunkey

{i} dalkavuk

English - English

Definition of flunky in English English dictionary

A sycophant; a servant or hanger-on who is kept for their loyalty or muscle rather than their intellect

{i} servant; person who flatters, sycophant

One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber

A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman

a male servant (especially a footman)

a person of unquestioning obedience

One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob

Related Terms

flunkey

One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber

flunkies

plural form of flunky

flunkies

plural form of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkeys)

flunkey

disapproval If you refer to someone as a flunkey, you disapprove of the fact that they associate themselves with someone who is powerful and carry out small, unimportant jobs for them in the hope of being rewarded. = hanger-on. someone who does small jobs for an important person, especially someone who does this because they are trying to please the person - used to show disapproval (Perhaps from flanker (18-19 centuries), from FLANK)

flunkey

One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob

flunkey

An underling; a contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman; servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

flunkey

a male servant (especially a footman)

flunkey

{i} servant; person who flatters, sycophant

flunkey

a person of unquestioning obedience

flunkey

disapproval Someone who refers to a servant as a flunkey is expressing their dislike for a job that involves doing things for an employer that ordinary people do for themselves. = lackey

flunkey

One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]

flunkeys

alternative plural of flunkey, flunkies

flunkies

alternative plural of flunkey, flunkeys

flunkies

plural of flunky

Hyphenation

flun·ky

Etymology

(noun.) circa 1782. Scots, of unknown origin.