Word Definition

Fawn

  1. The young of an animal; a whelp.
  2. To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
  3. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
  4. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
  5. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
  6. To bring forth a fawn.
  7. A fawn color.