Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
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- verb Present participle of
bootlick .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective attempting to win favor by flattery
- adjective attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
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Examples
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I disrespectfully beg to differ with your unAmerican belief in bootlicking.
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With no sense of shame at all, Golkar is now "bootlicking" Yudhoyono to ensure the vice presidential position and several Cabinet seats.
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Were such exaggerated bootlicking not common practice, one might have thought this an ironic joke.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Were such exaggerated bootlicking not common practice, one might have thought this an ironic joke.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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He explained:As soon as a foreigner enters a conference, dinner or party occasion, a cringe-worthy bootlicking competition ensues, targeting the foreigner.
Talking to the Taliban and the trust deficit | Nushin Arbabzadah 2012
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Were such exaggerated bootlicking not common practice, one might have thought this an ironic joke.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Were such exaggerated bootlicking not common practice, one might have thought this an ironic joke.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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One loves watching Bush's bootlicking cronies attacking Scott McClellan for his new book critical of Bush.
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They missed it because they are too busy bootlicking ObamaCare, on their hands and knees.
Political Instability and the Coming Defeat of ObamaCare | RedState 2010
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Unless and until any government starts representing the people and quits allowing banks, insurance giants, ceo's and the bootlicking politicians they buy, to control policy, things will remain the same.
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