bootlick
US/ˈbutˌlɪk/
bootlick verb: to seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
Verb
bootlick (third-person singular simple present bootlicks, present participle bootlicking, simple past and past participle bootlicked)
- To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
- He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.2003, Todd DePastino, Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, page 81
- Synonyms:
- brownnose, butter up, kiss up, apple-polish, bow and scrape, dickride, duchess, fawn, fawn over, fellate
- To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
Noun
bootlick (plural bootlicks)
- A toady or sycophant.
- the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty1838, Oasis: An Anthology to Divert an Idle Hour
- Synonyms:
- buttlicker, lickpot, adulator, apple polisher, arse-kisser, arse-licker, ass-kisser, ass-licker, bootlicker, buttkisser
bootlick meaning in Bengali
bootlick in Bengali
- তোষামোদপূর্ণ, দাসসুলভ আচরণ করা, তোষামোদকারী, চাটুকার
Synonyms of bootlick
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- flannel
- honey around
- 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
- dickrider
- doormat
- flatterer
- flunkey
- groveler
- groveller
- hanger-on
Forms of bootlick
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bootlicks |
| present participle | bootlicking |
| past participle | bootlicked |
| past | bootlicked |
| Noun | |
| plural | bootlicks |
Origin of bootlick
From boot + lick.
Words formed from bootlick
Questions about bootlick
- What does bootlick mean?
- Bootlick means to seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
- What is bootlick in Bengali?
- Bootlick in Bengali is তোষামোদপূর্ণ, দাসসুলভ আচরণ করা, তোষামোদকারী. See Bootlick meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is bootlick?
- Bootlick can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce bootlick?
- Bootlick is pronounced /ˈbutˌlɪk/ (US).
- What is the past tense of bootlick?
- The past tense of bootlick is bootlicked.
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