单词	bootlicks
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 bootlicks verb present tense third-person singular of bootlick as in fusses 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 fusses curries favor toadies drools fawns apple-polishes truckles kowtows kisses up to courts submits adulates sucks (up) defers blandishes overpraises slavers gushes slobbers woos ingratiates worships coaxes idolizes endears cringes cajoles cowers soft-soaps yields grovels flatters debases abases demeans Antonyms & Near Antonyms despises disdains scorns challenges scoffs jibes jeers braves defies gibes See More
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