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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
bootlicking en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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:
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(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:
Forms
bootlicking en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bootlick