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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 1845 transitive verb to try to gain favor with through a servile or obsequious manner intransitive verb to act obsequiously • bootlicker noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bootlick Boot"lick`, n. A toady. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett.