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bootlick

[ boot-lik ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to seek the favor or goodwill of in a servile, degraded way; toady to.

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verb (used without object)

  1. to be a toady.

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bootlick

/ ˈːˌɪ /

verb

  1. informal.
    to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǴdzˌ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bootlick1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; boot 1 + lick
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In its affection for the rig’s working-class human inhabitants — pointedly not its bootlicking middle managers — Still Wakes the Deep lays out a politics inseparable from place.

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Tiara-crowned, dressed in a gown made of white dinner gloves, and wielding a whip, she castigated the gathered company: “That’s enough! No more bootlicking. Black art must take more risks.”

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After all, they have no agenda other than Trumpian vengeance, obstruction and bootlicking.

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As Mickelson, McDowell and the rest of their Saudi bootlicking company demonstrate, where would the soul of mankind be without golf’s influence on the creative search for self-exoneration for our bad decisions and worst shots?

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Newsmax's bootlicking has earned it a spot in lawsuits seeking billions of dollars from individuals and outlets promoting "baseless election fraud claims."

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