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Definition of bootlick in English: bootlickverbˈbuːtlɪk [no object]usually as adjective bootlickingBehave obsequiously towards someone in order to gain favour. a mindless herd of bootlicking sycophants Example sentencesExamples - Your dogged pursuit of those you don't like is as annoying as your bootlicking of industry people you do like.
- Such bootlicking did not move Levin in the least.
- People bootlick you, you bootlick them back.
- It made me an honest worker, unconcerned about promotions, or about bootlicking my superiors.
- Sadly the bootlicking media is not doing anything worthwhile to expose these politicians!
- I confess, I'm a sycophant, even if my bootlicking inclines less toward, oh say, administration officials than foul-mouthed and amusing anti-propagandists.
- What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking?
- This time our own PM has been the aggressor's bootlicking mascot.
- Mauser and his sidekick Proctor (Lance Kinsey) are up to their old tricks, looking to cheat and bootlick their way into the committee's good graces.
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