Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US, derogatory)A toady or sycophant.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. He's too bootlicking and selfish.

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Origin

From boot + lick.

From boot + lick.

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Forms

plural: bootlicks
Singularbootlick
Pluralbootlicks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bootlacebootlegbootsbootstrap

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