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bootlick
Overview of verb bootlick
The verb bootlick has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up -- (try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss")
Grep of noun bootlick
bootlicker
Antonyms of verb bootlick
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
=> praise
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
'Cause To' of verb bootlick
Derived Forms of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
RELATED TO>(noun) bootlicker#1
=> apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, ass-kisser
Domain of verb bootlick
Domain Terms of verb bootlick
Familiarity of verb bootlick
bootlick used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bootlick
1 sense of bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
> flatter, blandish
=> soft-soap
=> adulate
=> stroke
=> fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> butter up, brown-nose
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bootlick
Sense 1
fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> flatter, blandish
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Grep of verb bootlick
bootlick
Grep of adj bootlick
bootlicking
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