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bootlicker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbuːtlɪkɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbuːtlɪkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From boot + licker.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  2. (broadly, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
boot-licker alternative lexicographic
boot licker alternative lexicographic
bootlickers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

botlicker · Bushlicker

Relateds

wannabe · bootlick

Synonyms

ass-licker · ass-kisser · buttlicker · sycophant · for more

Translations (55)

es lambechorcha (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · bn চামচা (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · pl wazeliniarz (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · de Stiefellecker (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · cs patolízal (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · nb spyttslikker (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · tr çanak yalayan (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · sv smilfink (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · nn spyttslikkar (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · tr göt yalayan (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es lamebotas (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · kk жарбақ (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · it ruffiano (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · pl lizus (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · lt padlaižys (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · sv rövslickare (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ru лизоблю́д (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · de Speichellecker (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · lt pataikūnas (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · hi चमचा (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ms penjilat (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · lt batlaižys (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · hu talpnyaló (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · bn খয়ের খাঁ (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · tr yaltakçı (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · tr dalkavuk (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es chupamedia (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ko 아첨꾼 (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · hy քծնող (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · hy շողոքորթ (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · vi nịnh (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · vi tiểu nhân (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · az yaltaq (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · it leccapiedi (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ru лизоблю́дка (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es chupamedias (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ru подхали́м (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es huelepedos (Mesoamerica) (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · pt lambe-botas (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es lamehuevos (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · de Speichelleckerin (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ru подхали́мка (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · cs patolízalka (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · es lamebota (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · ru льстец (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · fi saappaannuolija (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · el γλύφτης (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · sk pätolizačka (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · fr lèche-bottes (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · pt puxa-saco (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · th ผู้สอพลอ (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · cmn 奴才 (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · hy պնակալեզ (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · sk pätolizač (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner) · cmn 馬屁精 /马屁精 (person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner)