different between cringing vs bootlicking
cringing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k??nd???/
Verb
cringing
- present participle of cringe
Noun
cringing (plural cringings)
- Act of one who cringes.
- the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers
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bootlicking
English
Verb
bootlicking
- present participle of bootlick
Noun
bootlicking (countable and uncountable, plural bootlickings)
- 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."
- 1951, The Library Assistant (volumes 44-45, page xiii)
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