Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: bootlicker  'boot,li-ku(r)
Usage: informal
  1. Someone who humbles themself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if they had no self-respect
    "The new employee was seen as a bootlicker for constantly praising the boss's ideas";
    - apple polisher [US, informal], fawner, groveller [Brit, Cdn], groveler [US], truckler

Derived forms: bootlickers

Type of: crawler, lackey, lacquey, sycophant, toady

Encyclopedia: Bootlicker