bootlicking

Meaning of bootlicking

adjective
  1. behaving in an excessively obedient or servile way as a means of gaining favour.
    a mindless herd of bootlicking sycophants
noun
  1. excessively obedient or servile behaviour.
    everybody in the room was sick of his flagrant bootlicking
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. behave obsequiously towards (someone) in order to gain favour.
    several senior party officials stampeded to bootlick her
    all who know me well know that I do not bootlick anyone
    she has bootlicked like never before in an attempt to sway representatives in the House to her side

Information about bootlicking

  • The plural form of bootlicking is: bootlickings.
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Hyphenation of bootlicking

bootlick-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • bootlicking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bootlicking synonyms

Meaning fawning:

fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish

Words that rhyme with bootlicking

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