bootlick

(-lik′)

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transitive verb, intransitive verb

Informal to try to gain favor with (someone) by fawning, servility, etc.

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See bootlick in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb boot·licked, boot·lick·ing, boot·licks

verb, transitive

To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.

verb, intransitive

To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. See Synonyms at fawn¹.

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