bootlick

English

Etymology

Verb

bootlick (third-person singular simple present bootlicks, present participle bootlicking, simple past and past participle bootlicked)

(transitive) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
- 2003, Todd DePastino, Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America, page 81:
  He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.
(intransitive) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.

Translations

to seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior

Chinese:
Cantonese: 擦鞋 (caat³ haai⁴)
Polish: podlizywać się impf, podlizać się pf
Turkish: çanak yalamak (tr), göt yalamak

Noun

bootlick (plural bootlicks)

(US) A toady or sycophant.
- 1838, Oasis: An Anthology to Divert an Idle Hour:
  the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty

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