(transitive, derogatory) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.
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(intransitive, derogatory) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.
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(US, derogatory) A toady or sycophant.
the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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