(transitive, derogatory) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
(transitive, derogatory) To seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.
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(slang, idiomatic, vulgar, derogatory) To act in a subservient manner; to suck up to.
(figuratively) Someone who succumbs to authority, someone who excessively flatters or submits to authority figures in order to gain favor or secure a reward.
(idiomatic, slang, pejorative, vulgar) Someone who flatters others, especially women, in a manner that seems obsequious and submissive.
(US, derogatory) A toady or sycophant.
the involving of certain "bootlicks" into difficulty
“I’m at a point now where I just dismiss anyone who is clearly far left or far right as completely unintelligent. I’ve seen enough Democrats and Republican retards bootlick to this shit to get an idea honestly”
(intransitive, derogatory) To engage in fawning, servile behavior.
He had no social position to protect, no employer to bootlick.