bootlick
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.
About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.boot·lick
verb \-ˌlik\Definition of BOOTLICK
transitive verb
: to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner
intransitive verb
: to act obsequiously
— boot·lick·er noun
Examples of BOOTLICK
- <the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead>
First Known Use of BOOTLICK
1845
Rhymes with BOOTLICK
airsick, big stick, bluetick, boychick, brainsick, broomstick, carsick, Chadwick, chick flick, chopstick, cowlick, crabstick, dabchick, deer tick, detick, dik-dik, dipstick, dog tick, drop-kick, drumstick, ear pick, firebrick, fish stick, flagstick, Fosdick, free kick, frog kick, goal kick, goldbrick, greensick, handpick, hat trick, hayrick, heartsick, homesick, ice pick, joss stick, joystick, lipstick, lovesick, matchstick, muzhik, nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick, odd trick, oil slick, Old Nick, outslick, peacenik, pigstick, pinprick, placekick, Prestwick, quick kick, redbrick, Renwick, rubric, salt lick, seasick, self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick, squib kick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick, unpick, unstick, uptick, wood tick, yardstick
Learn More About BOOTLICK
Browse
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up bootlick? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
