bootlicker
penjilat
definition
noun
bootlickers telling him what a big star he's going to be
an obsequious or overly deferential person; a toady.
translation of 'bootlicker'
noun
penjilat
example
I probably could have gotten away with it for a while, but I got ratted on by some 'bootlicker' at work who spotted me at this junkyard.
It would not be the first time that a 'bootlicker' was rewarded with a kick in the teeth.
Stop that pathetic 'bootlicking' of yours.
What precedent is there for such servile 'bootlicking' ?
But while most of the defendants there were grovellers and 'bootlickers' , he was not.
If you wrap your derision in the big red flag you'll always have a claque of 'bootlickers' eager to excuse whatever you do.
Everyone knows that the helium-voiced 'bootlickers' don't know a thing about the environment.
If we're going to praise him for producing fearless TV news, we should also be ready to damn him for paving the way for all the celebrity 'bootlickers' on red carpets.
His pursuit is aided by two loyal, 'bootlicking' sidekicks who obey his every command.
We would rather be that voice than the voice of the sycophants and 'bootlickers' and those hoping for a spot at the trough.
An additional point is this: there's been a lot of really, really bad, banal, sugar-coated and 'bootlicking' traditional art.
‘Those good-for-nothing 'bootlickers' belong at the bottom,’ said Bloomberg.
I confess, I'm a sycophant, even if my 'bootlicking' inclines less toward, oh say, administration officials than foul-mouthed and amusing anti-propagandists.
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