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bootlicks

bootlicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 bootlicks

What is bootlicks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bootlicks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bootlick.

Words near bootlicks in the dictionary

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

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