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bootlick

verb
/ˈbutˌlɪk/US

Etymology

From boot + lick.

  1. derived from *leyǵʰ-✻ — “to lick”
  2. inherited from *likkōną✻
  3. inherited from *likkōn✻
  4. inherited from liccian
  5. inherited from likken
  6. compounded as bootlick — “boot + lick”

Definitions

  1. To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.

    • He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.

  2. To engage in fawning, servile behavior.

  3. A toady or sycophant.

    • the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty

The neighborhood

Derived

bootlicky

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA