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• boot´lick´er — boot|lick «BOOT LIHK», Informal. –v.t. to curry favor with; toady to. –v.i. to be a toady or slavish flatterer; fawn. –boot´lick´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• boot|lick — «BOOT LIHK», Informal. –v.t. to curry favor with; toady to. –v.i. to be a toady or slavish flatterer; fawn. –boot´lick´er, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• boot·lick·er — …   Useful english dictionary

• lick — boot·lick·er; hy·drau·lick·er; kil·lick; lick; lick·er; lick·er·ish; lick·some; nib·lick; pot·lick·er; rol·lick·er; rol·lick·some; boot·lick; rol·lick; lick·er·ish·ly; lick·er·ish·ness; rol·lick·ing·ly; rol·lick·ing·ness; rol·lick·some·ness;… …   English syllables

• lick someone's boots — To try to ingratiate oneself with someone by obsequious behaviour • • • Main Entry: ↑boot lick someone s boots To toady • • • Main Entry: ↑lick * * * lick someone’s boots informal phrase to try too hard to p …   Useful english dictionary

• boot — boot·er; boot·ery; boot·heel; boot; boot·hose; boot·leg·ger; boot·less; boot·lick·er; boot·man; free·boot; free·boot·er; gum·boot·ed; boot·lick; boot·strap; boot·a·ble; boot·less·ly; boot·less·ness; fire·boot; …   English syllables

• boot-licker — also bootlicker, toady, servile follower, 1846, from BOOT (Cf. boot) (n.1) + agent noun from LICK (Cf. lick) (v.). Foot licker in the same sense is from 1610s …   Etymology dictionary

• boot — boot1 [bo͞ot] n. [ME & OFr bote] 1. a) a protective covering of leather, rubber, cloth, etc., for the foot and part or all of the leg [riding boot] b) an overshoe c) a man s shoe reaching at least to the ankle 2. a boot shaped instrum …   English World dictionary

• boot-licking — lick (someone s) boots to try too hard to please someone important. Far too much boot licking goes on in this office …   New idioms dictionary

• boot — 1 /bu:t/ noun (C) 1 SHOE a type of shoe that covers your whole foot and the lower part of your leg: a pair of old army boots 2 JOB informal a) get the boot to be forced to leave your job b) give sb the boot to dismiss someone from their job; sack …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English