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bootlicking en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Obsequious or servile behavior.
    • 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." 1951, The Library Assistant, volumes 44-45, page xiii:
  2. (countable, literally, uncountable) The act of licking someone's boot, typically as a BDSM activity.
    • […] fist-fucking, black leather-studded collars, and bootlicking. 1975 December 27, Michael Bronski, “"Sextool": It's Porn, It's Politics, But Is It Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 16:

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bootlicking en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bootlick
    form of bootlick