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bootlicker
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boot·lick  (btlk)
v. boot·licked, boot·lick·ing, boot·licks
v.tr.
To behave toward in a servile or obsequious manner.
v.intr.
To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. See Synonyms at fawn1.
bootlicker n.
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Noun1.bootlicker - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respectbootlicker - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect
apple polisher, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler
ass-kisser, crawler, sycophant, toady, lackey - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
Translations
bootlicker [ˈbuːtlɪkəʳ] N → lameculos m
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