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Bootlicking

noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    attempting to win favor by flattery wordnet
  2. 2
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsequious or servile behaviour. countable, uncountable

    "The most obvious — for a junior struggling to lift himself from the mire by his bootlickings — is to go to his Chief and say — frankly — "Out! I need the experience and you need a rest. Clear off for a month or two. I'll cope.""

  2. 2
    The act of licking someone's boot, typically as a BDSM activity. countable, literally, uncountable

    "[…] fist-fucking, black leather-studded collars, and bootlicking."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bootlick form-of, gerund, participle, present

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