bootlick

boot·lick | \ ˈbüt-ˌlik

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bootlicked; bootlicking; bootlicks

Definition of bootlick

transitive verb

: to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner

intransitive verb

: to act obsequiously

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Examples of bootlick in a Sentence

the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead

Recent Examples on the Web Those who delay this fate the longest are bootlicking mediocrities — the survival of the sycophants. — Michael Gerson, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump unbound amid a cloud of chaos," 18 Mar. 2018

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“Bootlick.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bootlick?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=b&file=bootli01. Accessed 12 December 2019.

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