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Meanings of
bootlick
in anglès
Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.
fawn
toady
truckle
kowtow
kotow
suck up
Usage of
bootlick
in anglès
1
Turned down for that fellow Prescott--thatshifty dodger and cheap
bootlick
!
2
And you've got to play politics,
bootlick
your boss-allthat.
3
Bah, as if I could ever get over my dislike for a
bootlick
like Prescott!
4
Bone
bootlick
on-tocultivate the favor of.
5
Occasionally a cadet who wants cadet honors resorts to "boning
bootlick
"
with the tactical officers stationed at the academy.
6
He became a "bone," and tried so hard to delight his instructors that he was suspected of boning
bootlick
with the Academic Board.
7
But the crawling,
bootlicking
carpenter, Jacob Engstrand, is changed into a respectable, guileless man with an income.
8
"If those newspaper fellows get hold of it!" gasped Sir Arthur Poodle
Bootlick
...
9
"Wearing chevrons isn't the only sign of
bootlick
,
"
replied Haynes.
10
"I'm not boning
bootlick
with cadets or with officers either," retorted Dick rather crisply.
11
"Oh, I know you have plenty of
bootlicks
,
"
sneered Jordan.
12
"I've never been one of the authorities on
bootlick
.
"
13
"I don't stand for a
bootlick
,
"
replied Cadet Stubbs.
14
"Then how can you stand for a
bootlick
?
"
15
"Why," asked Hayes, opening his eyes rather wide, "are you boning
bootlick
with any but officers?"
16
"Boning
bootlick
"
means to curry favor.
Other examples for "bootlick"
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bootlick
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
bone bootlick
bootlick on
cheap bootlick
Bootlick
through the time