bootlicker
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bootlicker
- /ˈbuːtlɪkə/ UK
- /ˈbuːtlɪkɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From boot + licker.
noun bootlickers · boot licker · boot-licker
- A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
- Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.
Similar: ass-licker, for more, sycophant, ass-kisser, buttlicker
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noun
Similar: ass-licker, for more, sycophant, ass-kisser, buttlicker
Translations
Every language
noun person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner
| Español | lamebotas, lamehuevos, chupamedia, chupamedias, lambechorcha, huelepedos (Mesoamerica) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아첨꾼 acheomkkun |
| 中文 | 馬屁精 /马屁精 mǎpìjīng, 奴才 núcái |
| हिन्दी | चमचा camcā |
| Português | lambe-botas, puxa-saco |
| Français | lèche-bottes |
| Deutsch | Speichellecker, Speichelleckerin, Stiefellecker |
| Italiano | ruffiano, leccapiedi |
| Ελληνικά | γλύφτης glýftis |
| Русский | подхали́м podxalím, подхали́мка podxalímka, льстец lʹstec, лизоблю́д lizobljúd, лизоблю́дка lizobljúdka |
| Tiếng Việt | nịnh, tiểu nhân |
Talk about this word "bootlicker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bootlicker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bootlicker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bootlicker "bootlicker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bootlicker.Cite this
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title = {bootlicker},
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