Bootlick: alternatives and connections

To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

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One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

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The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degre…

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The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degre…

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A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degre…

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The same as Kotow.

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A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

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A small wheel or caster.

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