bootlick

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bootlick

/ˈbutˌlɪk/ US

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From boot + lick.

verb bootlicks · bootlicking · bootlicked

derogatory, transitive To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior. He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.
Similar: brown-nose, butter up, kiss up, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate, flannel
derogatory, intransitive To engage in fawning, servile behavior.

noun bootlicks

US, derogatory A toady or sycophant. the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty
Similar: buttlicker, lickpot, adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, bootlicker, buttkisser, brown-nose

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@misc{bootlick_2026,
  title = {bootlick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bootlick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}