Word: bootlicking
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: boot
li
cking
Definition: servile behaviour
Morphemes:
Affix: boot
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering).
Affix: lick
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.