Fawn, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak.
Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay.