bootlicking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bootlicking
    adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by
           flattery [syn: {bootlicking}, {fawning}, {obsequious},
           {sycophantic}, {toadyish}]
    2: attempting to win favor by flattery [syn: {bootlicking},
       {fawning}, {sycophantic}, {toadyish}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bootlicking \bootlicking\ adj.
   attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

   Syn: fawning, obsequious, sycophantic, toadyish, ass-kissing.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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