bootlicking

English

Verb

bootlicking

1. present participle and gerund of bootlick

Noun

bootlicking (countable and uncountable, plural bootlickings)

1. servile behaviour
   • 1951, The Library Assistant, volumes 44-45, page xiii:

     The most obvious — for a junior struggling to lift himself from the mire by his bootlickings — is to go to his Chief and say — frankly — "Out! I need the experience and you need a rest. Clear off for a month or two. I'll cope."

2. (literally) The act of licking someone's boot, typically as a BDSM activity.
   • 1975 December 27, Michael Bronski, “"Sextool": It's Porn, It's Politics, But Is It Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 16:

     […] fist-fucking, black leather-studded collars, and bootlicking.