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Verb: bootlick  'boot,lik
Usage: informal
  1. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
    "He is always bootlicking to his boss";
    - fawn, toady, truckle, kowtow, kotow, suck up [informal], smoodge [Austral, informal]

Derived forms: bootlicking, bootlicks, bootlicked

Type of: blandish, flatter

Nearest

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Booth
boothose
bootie
bootjack
bootlace
bootleg
bootlegger
bootlegging
bootless
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bootlicker
bootlicking
bootmaker
boot-shaped
bootstrap
Boott's goldenrod
booty
booty call
bootylicious
booyong