ass licker

Noun

ass-licker (plural ass-lickers)

1. (US, literally, slang, vulgar) Someone who performs anilingus.
2. (US, figuratively, slang, vulgar) Someone who succumbs to authority, someone who excessively flatters or submits to authority figures in order to gain favor or secure a reward.
   • If they’re to make anything of themselves, they must instead become ass-lickers, lap dogs and sycophants.2025 August 25, Robert Reich, “Why Trump built a staff of incompetent sycophants”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2025

   Synonyms:

   bootlicker, sycophant, adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, bootlick, buttkisser, buttlicker

3. (US, broadly, figuratively, slang, vulgar) Any contemptible person.