Noun: sheep (sheep) sheep
- Woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
"The Australian slang term 'jumbuck' refers to a sheep";
- jumbuck [Austral]
- A timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon
"The con artist saw the gullible investor as just another sheep to fleece"
- A docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision
"his students followed him like sheep"
Derived forms: sheep
Type of: acolyte, bovid, follower, simple [archaic], simpleton
Part of: flock, fold, genus Ovis, herd, Ovis
Encyclopedia: Sheep, Karakul