bootlicky
Adjective
Prone to bootlicking; obsequious; servile.
Usage- Derogatory
- Informal
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More examples (2)
If Peter Arnett had been anywhere near as bootlicky and obsequious with Saddam Hussein as Alan Simpson was in a visit to the Iraqi dictator last April, we could understand why the CNN correspondent was being assaulted for his interviews and coverage.
Getting scolded like a child was hard to take, especially in front of her. But he couldn’t blame Pa after what happened yesterday. So he gave Pa a nod that he hoped wasn’t too bootlicky and turned Old Dun toward the Crossing.
He gave me a blow low enough to look gentlemanly, not bootlicky.
Word forms
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