bootlickv.n.

/ˈbuːtlɪk/

Etymology: < boot n.³ + lick v.

slang.

A. v. transitive and intransitive.

To curry favour (with); to toady (to).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)]

fain?c1225

fawnc1325

to make placebo1340

fagea1382

curryc1400

to curry favela1420

to claw (a person's) toea1500

to curry favour?1518

to be at the school of placebo1554

to play (with) placebo1583

insinuatea1593

wriggle1601

lick1602

sycophantize1605

gnathonize1619

pickthank1621

supparasitate1623

ingratiate1647

slaver1730

toad-eat1766

slaum1787

to eat (any one's) toads1788

toad1802

bootlick1846

toady1861

to suck in1899

smoodge1906

smarm1911

arse-lick1928

bum-suck1930

to suck round1931

ass-lick1937

brown-nose1939

suck-hole1961

weasel1980

flatter1340

to claw the back ofc1394

to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422

clawc1425

to claw by the sleeve1509

to claw by the backa1542

fawna1568

to make or pay (one's) court to1590

adulate1612

hug1622

sycophant1637

to make up to1701

to whip it in with1702

cultivate1706

incense1708

to wheedle in with1726

to grandfather up1747

slaver1794

toad1802

to play up to ——1809

nut1819

toady1827

bootlick1846

to suck up to1860

lickspittle1886

jolly1890

bum-suck1918

arse-lick1919

to cosy up to1937

brown-nose1948

ass-kiss1951

ass-lick1962

love-bomb1976

1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs (1851) v. 58 A young man who was inclined to boot-lick any body suspected of having money.

1885 Milnor (Dakota Territory) Teller 1 May 2/3 They must drink, truckle, and bootlick to keep their greatness uppermost.

1915 N.Y. Tribune 24 Mar. 5/3 It..accused ‘The Spectator's’ staff of grafting and bootlicking their advertisers.

1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 98 He bootlicked around until he became a ward committeeman.

B. n.

U.S. A toady, a sycophant; one who curries favour; also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer

papelard1340

placeboc1395

fawnerc1440

pickthank1460

adulator?a1475

earwigc1475

curry-favel1515

men-pleaser1526

gnatho1533

upcreeperc1540

claw-back1549

curry-favourer1563

man-pleaser1564

claw-poll1569

please-man1570

sycophant1575

curry-favour1577

capper1587

insinuator1598

clawera1603

scrape-shoe1607

suck-fist1611

courtiera1616

foot lickera1616

fleerera1627

wriggler1631

fawn1635

limberham1689

toad-eater1742

tuft-hunter1755

arse-kisser1766

sleeve-creeper1809

lick-spit1822

lickspittle1825

shoe-licker1826

toady1826

toad1831

toader1842

bootlicker1846

bootlick1849

favour-currier1855

lubricator1872

bum-sucker1877

handshaker1884

suck1900

mbongo1911

sucker-up1911

apple-polisher1918

snurge1933

ass-licker1939

brown-nose1939

brown-noser1942

arse-licker1951

ass-kisser1951

greaser1959

suck-hole1966

suck-up1970

bumboy1984

fly-

1849 Yale Banger 6 Nov. 6 When Boot-lick hypocrites upraised their might.

1850 Yale Battery 14 Feb. Then he arose, and offered himself as a ‘boot lick’, to the Faculty.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Boot-lick, one who cringes to and flatters a superior for the purpose of obtaining favors; a lickspittle, a toady.

Derivatives

ˈbootlicker n. originally U.S. = sense B.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer

papelard1340

placeboc1395

fawnerc1440

pickthank1460

adulator?a1475

earwigc1475

curry-favel1515

men-pleaser1526

gnatho1533

upcreeperc1540

claw-back1549

curry-favourer1563

man-pleaser1564

claw-poll1569

please-man1570

sycophant1575

curry-favour1577

capper1587

insinuator1598

clawera1603

scrape-shoe1607

suck-fist1611

courtiera1616

foot lickera1616

fleerera1627

wriggler1631

fawn1635

limberham1689

toad-eater1742

tuft-hunter1755

arse-kisser1766

sleeve-creeper1809

lick-spit1822

lickspittle1825

shoe-licker1826

toady1826

toad1831

toader1842

bootlicker1846

bootlick1849

favour-currier1855

lubricator1872

bum-sucker1877

handshaker1884

suck1900

mbongo1911

sucker-up1911

apple-polisher1918

snurge1933

ass-licker1939

brown-nose1939

brown-noser1942

arse-licker1951

ass-kisser1951

greaser1959

suck-hole1966

suck-up1970

bumboy1984

fly-

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person

clienta1393

snivelard1398

a dog for (also to) the bowc1405

fawnerc1440

snivellerc1450

slave1521

footstool1531

minion1560

footman1567

cringer1582

earthworm1583

yea-sayer1584

croucher1587

creeper1589

sneak-up1598

spaniel1598

sneak-cupa1616

servile1632

puppy dog1651

clientelary1655

lackey1692

groveling1708

prostite1721

prostitute1721

toad-eater1742

groveller1779

cringeling1798

creeping Jesusc1818

toady1826

truckler1827

crawler1847

flunkey1854

doormat1861

dog robber1863

heeler1875

slaveling1884

bootlicker1890

fetch-and-carry1905

poodle1907

yes-woman1927

ass-licker1939

ass-kisser1951

chamcha1966

fart-catcher1971

1846–47 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxvii. 331 Sweezer's very intimit with the squire's folks—a kind o' bootlicker tew 'em.

1890 J. S. Farmer Slang Bootlick, subs. (American), a flunkey, hanger-on... In England such a one is called a ‘bootlicker’. Verb. To toady; to hang on; to undertake ‘dirty’ work.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 5/1 Debased boot-lickers.

1924 B. J. Hendrick Life of Walter H. Page i. 19 That the recipient is either a humbug or a bootlicker.

1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. v. 154 The Greek eventually turned the citizen into..the cadger and bootlicker.

ˈbootlicking n. and adj. originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]

fawninga1350

adulationc1400

papelardya1425

papelardrya1500

captation1523

clawing1548

insinuation1553

curry-favour1581

man-pleasing1588

courting1607

men-pleasing1615

supparasitation1620

sycophantizing1640

assiduity1641

ingratiating1642

licking1648

man-pleasance1656

sycophancy1657

fawnery1661

sycophantrya1677

nutting1789

tuft-hunting1789

cultivation1793

huggery1804

ingratiation1815

sycophantism1821

lickspittling1839

toadyship1839

toadyism1840

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

arse-licking1912

lickspittle1914

apple-polishing1926

pot-licking1929

brown-nosing1934

ass-kissing1936

arse-kissing1937

ass-licking1946

sucking-up1946

bum-sucking1949

love bomb1975

love-bombing1976

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective]

fikingc1230

papelarda1500

gnathonical1540

clawing1574

pickthank1575

slavering1575

claw-back1577

courting1580

fawning1585

adulatory1587

insinuating1592

insinuative1592

scraping1599

adulatorious1612

men-pleasing1615

pickthanking1621

sycophantical1632

gnathonic1637

insinuanta1639

sycophantizing1640

ingratiating1642

led1672

sycophanting1674

sycophantly1680

sycophanta1684

sycophantica1698

pickthankly1702

assiduous1725

foot-licking1786

tuft-hunting1789

sycophantish1821

favour-currying1831

bootlicking1849

toadying1863

creepy-crawly1890

slauming1904

toadyish1909

ass-licking1940

ass-kissing1942

brown-nosing1946

arse-licking1950

sucky1991

1849 Gallinipper Dec. Those crouching, fawning, boot-licking hypocrites.

1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 24 Some [students are]..very apt to linger after recitation to get a clearer knowledge of some passage. They are Bootlicks, and that is known as Bootlicking.

1894 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 4 472 Working his way by scheming and bootlicking into the good graces of..a young idiot of a lord.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 2/1 If boot-licking became permanently fashionable, we should in course of time have various grades of boot-lickers.

1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia viii. 140 No privilege and no boot-licking.

1964 Daily Mail 4 Aug. 3/8 That reverential boot-licking tone which we reserve for the heights of human achievement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	bootlick
释义	bootlickv.n. /ˈbuːtlɪk/ Etymology: < boot n.³ + lick v. slang. A. v. transitive and intransitive. To curry favour (with); to toady (to). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour [verb (intransitive)] fain?c1225 fawnc1325 to make placebo1340 fagea1382 curryc1400 to curry favela1420 to claw (a person's) toea1500 to curry favour?1518 to be at the school of placebo1554 to play (with) placebo1583 insinuatea1593 wriggle1601 lick1602 sycophantize1605 gnathonize1619 pickthank1621 supparasitate1623 ingratiate1647 slaver1730 toad-eat1766 slaum1787 to eat (any one's) toads1788 toad1802 bootlick1846 toady1861 to suck in1899 smoodge1906 smarm1911 arse-lick1928 bum-suck1930 to suck round1931 ass-lick1937 brown-nose1939 suck-hole1961 weasel1980 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1846 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Simon Suggs (1851) v. 58 A young man who was inclined to boot-lick any body suspected of having money. 1885 Milnor (Dakota Territory) Teller 1 May 2/3 They must drink, truckle, and bootlick to keep their greatness uppermost. 1915 N.Y. Tribune 24 Mar. 5/3 It..accused ‘The Spectator's’ staff of grafting and bootlicking their advertisers. 1932 J. T. Farrell Young Lonigan ii. 98 He bootlicked around until he became a ward committeeman. B. n. U.S. A toady, a sycophant; one who curries favour; also attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- 1849 Yale Banger 6 Nov. 6 When Boot-lick hypocrites upraised their might. 1850 Yale Battery 14 Feb. Then he arose, and offered himself as a ‘boot lick’, to the Faculty. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Boot-lick, one who cringes to and flatters a superior for the purpose of obtaining favors; a lickspittle, a toady. Derivatives ˈbootlicker n. originally U.S. = sense B. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer papelard1340 placeboc1395 fawnerc1440 pickthank1460 adulator?a1475 earwigc1475 curry-favel1515 men-pleaser1526 gnatho1533 upcreeperc1540 claw-back1549 curry-favourer1563 man-pleaser1564 claw-poll1569 please-man1570 sycophant1575 curry-favour1577 capper1587 insinuator1598 clawera1603 scrape-shoe1607 suck-fist1611 courtiera1616 foot lickera1616 fleerera1627 wriggler1631 fawn1635 limberham1689 toad-eater1742 tuft-hunter1755 arse-kisser1766 sleeve-creeper1809 lick-spit1822 lickspittle1825 shoe-licker1826 toady1826 toad1831 toader1842 bootlicker1846 bootlick1849 favour-currier1855 lubricator1872 bum-sucker1877 handshaker1884 suck1900 mbongo1911 sucker-up1911 apple-polisher1918 snurge1933 ass-licker1939 brown-nose1939 brown-noser1942 arse-licker1951 ass-kisser1951 greaser1959 suck-hole1966 suck-up1970 bumboy1984 fly- the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [noun] > servile person clienta1393 snivelard1398 a dog for (also to) the bowc1405 fawnerc1440 snivellerc1450 slave1521 footstool1531 minion1560 footman1567 cringer1582 earthworm1583 yea-sayer1584 croucher1587 creeper1589 sneak-up1598 spaniel1598 sneak-cupa1616 servile1632 puppy dog1651 clientelary1655 lackey1692 groveling1708 prostite1721 prostitute1721 toad-eater1742 groveller1779 cringeling1798 creeping Jesusc1818 toady1826 truckler1827 crawler1847 flunkey1854 doormat1861 dog robber1863 heeler1875 slaveling1884 bootlicker1890 fetch-and-carry1905 poodle1907 yes-woman1927 ass-licker1939 ass-kisser1951 chamcha1966 fart-catcher1971 1846–47 F. M. Whitcher Widow Bedott Papers (1856) xxvii. 331 Sweezer's very intimit with the squire's folks—a kind o' bootlicker tew 'em. 1890 J. S. Farmer Slang Bootlick, subs. (American), a flunkey, hanger-on... In England such a one is called a ‘bootlicker’. Verb. To toady; to hang on; to undertake ‘dirty’ work. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 5/1 Debased boot-lickers. 1924 B. J. Hendrick Life of Walter H. Page i. 19 That the recipient is either a humbug or a bootlicker. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. v. 154 The Greek eventually turned the citizen into..the cadger and bootlicker. ˈbootlicking n. and adj. originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] fawninga1350 adulationc1400 papelardya1425 papelardrya1500 captation1523 clawing1548 insinuation1553 curry-favour1581 man-pleasing1588 courting1607 men-pleasing1615 supparasitation1620 sycophantizing1640 assiduity1641 ingratiating1642 licking1648 man-pleasance1656 sycophancy1657 fawnery1661 sycophantrya1677 nutting1789 tuft-hunting1789 cultivation1793 huggery1804 ingratiation1815 sycophantism1821 lickspittling1839 toadyship1839 toadyism1840 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 arse-licking1912 lickspittle1914 apple-polishing1926 pot-licking1929 brown-nosing1934 ass-kissing1936 arse-kissing1937 ass-licking1946 sucking-up1946 bum-sucking1949 love bomb1975 love-bombing1976 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adjective] fikingc1230 papelarda1500 gnathonical1540 clawing1574 pickthank1575 slavering1575 claw-back1577 courting1580 fawning1585 adulatory1587 insinuating1592 insinuative1592 scraping1599 adulatorious1612 men-pleasing1615 pickthanking1621 sycophantical1632 gnathonic1637 insinuanta1639 sycophantizing1640 ingratiating1642 led1672 sycophanting1674 sycophantly1680 sycophanta1684 sycophantica1698 pickthankly1702 assiduous1725 foot-licking1786 tuft-hunting1789 sycophantish1821 favour-currying1831 bootlicking1849 toadying1863 creepy-crawly1890 slauming1904 toadyish1909 ass-licking1940 ass-kissing1942 brown-nosing1946 arse-licking1950 sucky1991 1849 Gallinipper Dec. Those crouching, fawning, boot-licking hypocrites. 1851 B. H. Hall Coll. College Words 24 Some [students are]..very apt to linger after recitation to get a clearer knowledge of some passage. They are Bootlicks, and that is known as Bootlicking. 1894 Cycl. Rev. Current Hist. (U.S.) 4 472 Working his way by scheming and bootlicking into the good graces of..a young idiot of a lord. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 2/1 If boot-licking became permanently fashionable, we should in course of time have various grades of boot-lickers. 1938 ‘G. Orwell’ Homage to Catalonia viii. 140 No privilege and no boot-licking. 1964 Daily Mail 4 Aug. 3/8 That reverential boot-licking tone which we reserve for the heights of human achievement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas boot-lick boot-lick v. and n. (a) v. to toady; (b) n. a toady (U.S. slang). extracted from bootn.³ < v.n.1846 as lemmas
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bootlickv.n.

Derivatives

> as lemmas