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boot-licky

boot-licky is the alternative form of bootlicky.

Meaning of bootlicky

Adjective

bootlicky (comparative bootlickier, superlative bootlickiest)

  1. (derogatory, informal) Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile.
    • If Peter Arnett had been anywhere near as bootlicky and obsequious with Saddam Hussein as Alan Simpson was in a visit to the Iraqi dictator last April, we could understand why the CNN correspondent was being assaulted for his interviews and coverage.1991 February 8, “Sen. Simpson And Peter Arnett”, in The Washington Post

Forms of boot-licky

comparativeboot-lickier
superlativeboot-lickiest

Questions about boot-licky

What is boot-licky the alternative form of?
Boot-licky is the alternative form of bootlicky.

Words near boot-licky in the dictionary

  1. boot-hook
  2. boot-jack
  3. boot-licker
  4. boot-lickier
  5. boot-lickiest
  6. boot-licky
  7. boot-stand
  8. boot-studder
  9. boot-studders
  10. boot-topping
  11. boot-toppings

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