Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.
- v. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. See Synonyms at fawn1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mean, cringing person; a toady.
Wiktionary
- v. To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
- v. To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A toady; a bootlicker.
WordNet 3.0
- v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Examples
“March 20th, 2010 at 6: 54 pm tombaker says: boner knows who butters his bottom. and barney knows how to make him look like the pansy punkass bootlick he really is. suck it, righties.”
Think Progress » Rep. Barney Frank distributes ‘Little Punk Staffer’ buttons to Capitol Hill aides.
“No doubt trying for an audience with Gabriel Androctusa chance to grovel and bootlick his way into squirehood.”
“I suspect Broder is more of a Jeff Sessions kind of guy, a Bushie bootlick – but that un-ordinary man, Warner appears to have sharp disagreements with Bush – and ditto for Hagel too.”
“Isn't it amazing what people will swear to, promise, pander and bootlick in order to make it through the primaries?”
“You bootlick major warcriminals, and call it ‘history.’”
Think Progress » Murtha is Right: Reagan’s Redeployment Made America Stronger
“Scowcroft is a criminal bootlick holdover from the Reagan Bush years.”
Think Progress » Key Baker Ally Says ‘We Have To Stay’ In Iraq
“And you've got to play politics, bootlick your boss -- all that.”
“Or a manufacturer and having to bootlick the buyers?”
“He didn't know he was just an amateur bootlick among don't you go and enjoy that free speech too much now, ya hear. ahmedinejad will jail your butt in a heartbeat, then beat the living snot out of you for fun.”
“Iceman7 wrote: novogk wrote: No surprise there, Bennet forgot to bootlick Obama when he got back from overseas this morning.”
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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