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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.
  2. v. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. See Synonyms at fawn1.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A mean, cringing person; a toady.

Wiktionary

  1. v. To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
  2. v. To engage in fawning, servile behavior.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A toady; a bootlicker.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

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  • amacleod03 To gain favor by flattery, fawning, or obsequious behavior.

    Dogs are notoriously obsequious, as is repeatedly stated throughout these entries. They are constantly seeking favor and social recognition. Dogs are also notorious lickers, and often known for licking less than luscious items, so we are not much surprised to find boots among them. Boot licking as a description seems to have fallen out of favor: perhaps this is because the licking of boots is increasingly associated with foot fetishes and bondage and discipline fantasies. Jul 10, 2009

‘bootlick’ has been looked up 596 times, added to 3 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 16.