单词	bootlicking
释义	bootlick verb boot·​lick ˈbüt-ˌlik  bootlicked; bootlicking; bootlicks transitive verb : to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner intransitive verb : to act obsequiously bootlicker noun Synonyms apple-polish fawn fuss kowtow suck (up) toady truckle See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead Recent Examples on the Web Those who delay this fate the longest are bootlicking mediocrities — the survival of the sycophants. Michael Gerson, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2018 Word History First Known Use 1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense bootlicking verb present participle of bootlick as in toadying to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance toadying fawning fussing kowtowing drooling truckling courting submitting currying favor slobbering slavering ingratiating deferring wooing gushing apple-polishing worshipping cringing adulating groveling endearing kissing up to cowering cajoling coaxing sucking (up) worshiping flattering idolizing grovelling demeaning debasing abasing yielding blandishing overpraising soft-soaping Antonyms & Near Antonyms disdaining despising scorning jeering scoffing gibing defying challenging jibing braving See More
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