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English

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Alternative forms

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• boot licker, boot-licker

Etymology

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From boot +‎ licker.

Pronunciation

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• (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbuːtlɪkə/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈbuːtlɪkɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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bootlicker (plural bootlickers)

1. (derogatory) A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
2. (by extension, derogatory) Anyone who is seen as supporting authoritarianism.

Synonyms

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• ass-licker; for more, see Thesaurus:sycophant

Derived terms

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• botlicker
• Bushlicker

Related terms

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• bootlick

Translations

[edit] person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner — see also asslicker,‎ groveler,‎ flatterer

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: քծնող (hy) (kʻcnoġ), շողոքորթ (hy) (šoġokʻortʻ), պնակալեզ (hy) (pnakalez) Azerbaijani: yaltaq (az) Bengali: খয়ের খাঁ (bn) (khoẏer khã), চামচা (bn) (camca) Chinese: Mandarin: 拍馬屁者 / 拍马屁者 (pāimǎpì zhě), 奴才 (zh) (núcái) Czech: patolízal (cs) m, patolízalka (cs) f Finnish: saappaannuolija (fi) French: lèche-bottes (fr) m or f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Speichellecker (de) m, Speichelleckerin (de) f, Stiefellecker (de) m Greek: γλύφτης (el) m (glýftis) Hindi: चमचा (hi) m (camcā) Hungarian: talpnyaló (hu) Italian: ruffiano (it) m, leccapiedi (it) Kazakh: жарбақ (kk) (jarbaq) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 아첨꾼 (ko) (acheomkkun) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: padlaižys (lt) m, batlaižys (lt) m, pataikūnas (lt) m Malay: penjilat (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: spyttslikker (no) m Nynorsk: spyttslikkar (nn) m Polish: lizus (pl) m, wazeliniarz (pl) m Portuguese: lambe-botas (pt) m or f, puxa-saco (pt) m or f (Brazil) Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), подхали́мка (ru) f (podxalímka), льстец (ru) m (lʹstec), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd), лизоблю́дка (ru) f (lizobljúdka) Slovak: pätolizač (sk) m, pätolizačka (sk) f Spanish: lamebotas (es) m or f, lamehuevos (es) m or f (Mexico), chupamedia (es) m or f (River Plate), chupamedias (es) m or f, lambechorcha (es) m or f (El Salvador), huelepedos (es) m or f (Mesoamerica), lamebota (es) m or f (Hispanic America) Swedish: rövslickare (sv) c, smilfink (sv) c Thai: ผู้สอพลอ (th) (pûu-sɔ̌ɔ-plɔɔ) Turkish: dalkavuk (tr), yaltakçı (tr), çanak yalayan (tr), göt yalayan (tr) Vietnamese: nịnh (vi), tiểu nhân (vi)

See also

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• wannabe

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