Dictionary

suck up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
   • The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
2. (often, slang, with-to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
   • Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
   • And in between sips of Coke / He told me that he thought we were sellin' out / Layin' down, suckin' up to the man / Well now I've got some / Advice for you, little buddy / Before you point the finger / You should know that I'm the man / I'm the man and you're the man / And he's the man as well 1996, “Hooker with a Penis”, performed by Tool:
3. (slang) To fellate (someone).

Forms

Antonyms

answer back · disobey · dominate · domineer · talk back · sass · argue · persevere · bully · stand one's ground

Hypernyms

obey · flatter · schmooze · adulate

Hyponyms

wheedle · soft-soap · overfawn · outfawn

Relateds

sycophant · crawl · sycophantic · creep · grovel

Synonyms

fawn · flannel · kiss someone's ass · fawn over · overflatter · butter up · suck up · toady · bootlick · kiss up · bow and scrape · brownnose · brownnose · honey around · lick someone's ass · lick someone's balls · apple-polish · kiss someone's ring · fellate · kiss up · kowtow · butter up · dickride · overpraise · duchess · honey up · overrate

Translations (55)

sv smöra (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sv ställa sig in (hos) (to adulate or flatter excessively) · az götə girmək (to adulate or flatter excessively) · de aufsaugen (to absorb fluid) · sh увлачити (to adulate or flatter excessively) · hu felszív (to absorb fluid) · nl slijmen (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es lambonear (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es dar jabón (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es lambisquear (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es lamber (to adulate or flatter excessively) · az hopdurmaq (to absorb fluid) · az götəgirənlik eləmək (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sh шлихтати (to adulate or flatter excessively) · pl podlizywać się (to adulate or flatter excessively) · ru подлиза́ться (to adulate or flatter excessively) · fi mielistellä (to adulate or flatter excessively) · cs lézt do zadku (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sv fjäska (to adulate or flatter excessively) · cs podlézat (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sh улизивати (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sv suga upp (to absorb fluid) · ru впитывать (to absorb fluid) · es dar coba (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sh uvlačiti (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es pastelear (to adulate or flatter excessively) · it aspirare (to absorb fluid) · sh šlihtati (to adulate or flatter excessively) · de einschleimen (to adulate or flatter excessively) · hu magába szív (to absorb fluid) · fi imarrella (to adulate or flatter excessively) · fr cirer les pompes (to adulate or flatter excessively) · fr lécher les bottes (to adulate or flatter excessively) · da fedte for (to adulate or flatter excessively) · ro linguși (to adulate or flatter excessively) · zu -munya (to absorb fluid) · sv lisma (to adulate or flatter excessively) · es lambisconear (to adulate or flatter excessively) · ru подли́зываться (to adulate or flatter excessively) · sh ulizivati (to adulate or flatter excessively) · pl wchłonąć (to absorb fluid) · es absorber (to absorb fluid) · pt puxar saco (to adulate or flatter excessively) · cmn 拍马屁 (to adulate or flatter excessively) · te పీల్చు (to absorb fluid) · sco souk in wi (to adulate or flatter excessively) · fi nuoleskella (to adulate or flatter excessively) · zu -munca (to absorb fluid) · az yaltaqlanmaq (to adulate or flatter excessively) · pl wchłaniać (to absorb fluid) · ro gudura (to adulate or flatter excessively) · kk көтіне кіру (to adulate or flatter excessively) · fr absorber (to absorb fluid) · gd deoghail (to absorb fluid) · pl podlizać się (to adulate or flatter excessively)