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bootlickings

bootlickings is the plural of bootlicking.

Meaning of bootlicking

Noun

bootlicking (countable and uncountable, plural bootlickings)

  1. (figuratively) Obsequious or servile behavior.
    • The most obvious — for a junior struggling to lift himself from the mire by his bootlickings — is to go to his Chief and say — frankly — "Out! I need the experience and you need a rest. Clear off for a month or two. I'll cope."1951, The Library Assistant, volumes 44-45, page xiii
  2. (literally) The act of licking someone's boot, typically as a BDSM activity.
    • […] fist-fucking, black leather-studded collars, and bootlicking.1975 December 27, Michael Bronski, “"Sextool": It's Porn, It's Politics, But Is It Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 16

Questions about bootlickings

What is bootlickings the plural of?
Bootlickings is the plural of bootlicking.

Words near bootlickings in the dictionary

  1. bootlickers
  2. bootlickery
  3. bootlickier
  4. bootlickiest
  5. bootlicking
  6. bootlickings
  7. bootlicks
  8. bootlicky
  9. bootlid
  10. bootlids
  11. bootlike

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