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verb boot·lick \-ˌlik\

Definition of bootlick

  1. transitive verb

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

  3. intransitive verb

  4. :  to act obsequiously

bootlicker

noun

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Examples of bootlick in a Sentence

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

First Known Use of bootlick

1845

bootlick Synonyms

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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