bootlick

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

1. <the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead>

First Known Use of BOOTLICK

1845

Related to BOOTLICK

Synonyms: apple-polish, fawn, fuss, kowtow, suck (up), toady, truckle

Related Words: drool, gush, slaver, slobber; endear, ingratiate; court, woo; adulate, idolize, worship; blandish, cajole, coax, flatter, overpraise, soft-soap; cower, cringe, grovel; abase, debase, demean; defer, submit, yield

Near Antonyms: despise, disdain, scorn; gibe (or jibe), jeer, scoff; brave, challenge, defy

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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