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Adjective: bootlicking  'boot`li-king
  1. Attempting to win favour from influential people by flattery
    - fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish
     
  2. Attempting to win favour by flattery
    - fawning, sycophantic, toadyish
Verb: bootlick  'boot`lik
  1. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
    "He is always bootlicking to his boss"
    - fawn, toady, truckle, kowtow, kotow, suck up

See also: bootlicker, insincere, servile

Type of: blandish, flatter