"kiss ass" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-kiss ass.ogg Forms: kisses ass [present, singular, third-person], kissing ass [participle, present], kissed ass [participle, past], kissed ass [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kiss ass (third-person singular simple present kisses ass, present participle kissing ass, simple past and past participle kissed ass)
  1. (US, idiomatic, sometimes vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously. Tags: US, colloquial, idiomatic, sometimes, vulgar Translations (to flatter excessively): 舔屁股 (Chinese Mandarin), slikke røv [vulgar] (Danish), fedte for (Danish), nuolla persettä [vulgar] (Finnish), nuoleskella (Finnish), lécher les bottes [colloquial] (French), lécher le cul [vulgar] (French), in den Arsch kriechen [vulgar] (German), segget nyal (Hungarian), puxar o saco (Portuguese), pupa în cur (Romanian), lamer los huevos (Spanish), lamer los zapatos (Spanish), llyfu tin (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to flatter excessively",
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