Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

licked someone's boots

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables
licked -some-one's -boots
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does licked someone's boots mean?
simple past and past participle of lick someone's boots

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