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bootlicked

bootlicked is the simple past and past participle of bootlick.

Meaning of bootlick

Verb

bootlick (third-person singular simple present bootlicks, present participle bootlicking, simple past and past participle bootlicked)

  1. (derogatory, transitive) 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
  2. (derogatory, intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.

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Questions about bootlicked

What is bootlicked the simple past and past participle of?
Bootlicked is the simple past and past participle of bootlick.

Words near bootlicked in the dictionary

  1. bootles
  2. bootless
  3. bootlessly
  4. bootlessness
  5. bootlick
  6. bootlicked
  7. bootlicker
  8. bootlickers
  9. bootlickery
  10. bootlickier
  11. bootlickiest

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