English Explanatory Dictionary

bootlick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
  2. To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
noun
  1. A toady or sycophant.

Pronunciation

/ˈbutˌlɪk/

Word forms

bootlick bootlicks bootlicking bootlicked

Etymology

From boot + lick.

Synonyms

brownnose butter up kiss up apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape dickride duchess fawn fawn over fellate flannel honey around honey up kiss someone's ass kiss someone's ring kowtow lick someone's ass lick someone's balls overflatter overpraise overrate suck up toady buttlicker lickpot adulator apple polisher arse-kisser arse-licker ass-kisser ass-licker bootlicker buttkisser brown noser clawback dickrider doormat flatterer flunkey groveler groveller hanger-on kiss-ass lackey lickspittle lick-platter minion people pleaser pickthank schmoozer simp sycophant throne sniffer toadeater white knight

Related words

bootlicker

Derived words

bootlicky
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