bootlicker

English

Etymology

boot +‎ licker

Noun

bootlicker (plural bootlickers)

1. A person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:sycophant

Related terms

• bootlick

Translations

person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner

• Czech: patolízal (cs) m
• Finnish: saappaannuolija
• French: lèche-bottes (fr) m, f
• German: Speichellecker (de) m
• Greek: γλύφτης m (glýftis)
• Hungarian: talpnyaló (hu)
• Italian: ruffiano (it) m, leccapiedi
• Kazakh: жарбақ (jarbaq)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spyttslikker (no) m

  Nynorsk: spyttslikkar m

• Portuguese: puxa-saco (pt) m, f
• Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), льстец (ru) m (lʹstec), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd)
• Spanish: zalamero (es) m, zalamera (es) f
• Swedish: rövslickare (sv) c

See also

• wannabe