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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-suck up.ogg Forms: sucks up [present, singular, third-person], sucking up [participle, present], sucked up [participle, past], sucked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suck up (third-person singular simple present sucks up, present participle sucking up, simple past and past participle sucked up)
  1. (transitive) To absorb (fluid). Tags: transitive Hypernyms: adulate, flatter, obey, schmooze Related terms: butter up, kiss up, sycophant, sycophantic Translations (to absorb fluid): hopdurmaq (Azerbaijani), absorber (French), aufsaugen (German), felszív (Hungarian), magába szív (Hungarian), aspirare (Italian), впитывать (vpityvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), deoghail (Scottish Gaelic), absorber (Spanish), suga upp (Swedish), పీల్చు (pīlcu) (Telugu), -munca (Zulu), -munya (Zulu)
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  2. (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour. Tags: often, slang, with-to Synonyms: brownnose Translations (to adulate or flatter excessively): 拍马屁 (pāimǎpì) (Chinese Mandarin), fedte for (Danish), slijmen (Dutch), imarrella (Finnish), nuoleskella (Finnish), mielistellä (Finnish), lécher les bottes (French), cirer les pompes (French), einschleimen (German), podlizywać się (Polish), puxar saco (Portuguese), подли́зываться (podlízyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), подлиза́ться (podlizátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), souk in wi (Scots), улизивати (ulizivati) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), шлихтати (šlihtati) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), увлачити (uvlačiti) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ulizivati [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), šlihtati [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), uvlačiti [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), dar jabón (Spanish), dar coba (Spanish), pastelear [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish), fjäska (Swedish), smöra (Swedish), lisma (Swedish), ställa sig in (hos) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-suck_up-en-verb-7m-yMNoI Disambiguation of 'to adulate or flatter excessively': 2 95 4
  3. (slang) To fellate (someone). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-suck_up-en-verb-Xd1X7gYv

Inflected forms

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          "word": "పీల్చు"
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          "text": "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",
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          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "pastelear"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 95 4",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
          "word": "fjäska"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 95 4",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
          "word": "smöra"
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          "_dis1": "2 95 4",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
          "word": "lisma"
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          "_dis1": "2 95 4",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
          "word": "ställa sig in (hos)"
        }
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        "To fellate (someone)."
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        "(slang) To fellate (someone)."
      ],
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}
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "answer back"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "argue"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "bully"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "disobey"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "dominate"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "domineer"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "persevere"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sass"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "stand one's ground"
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      "word": "talk back"
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scots translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Zulu translations"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "adulate"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "flatter"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "obey"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "schmooze"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "butter up"
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    {
      "word": "kiss up"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "sycophant"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "sycophantic"
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        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.",
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        "To absorb (fluid)."
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        "(transitive) To absorb (fluid)."
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, “Hooker with a Penis”, performed by Tool:",
          "text": "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",
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      "glosses": [
        "To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour."
      ],
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          "to",
          "to#English"
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          "adulate",
          "adulate"
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          "flatter",
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          "benefit"
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        [
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          "favour"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour."
      ],
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          "word": "brownnose"
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        "slang",
        "with-to"
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      "glosses": [
        "To fellate (someone)."
      ],
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          "fellate",
          "fellate"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To fellate (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "apple-polish"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "bootlick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "bow and scrape"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "brownnose"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "butter up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "dickride"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "fawn"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "fellate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "flannel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "kiss someone's ass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "word": "kiss someone's ring"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "kiss up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "kowtow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "lick someone's ass"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "lick someone's balls"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "suck up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:suck up",
      "word": "toady"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "hopdurmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "absorber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "aufsaugen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "felszív"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "magába szív"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "aspirare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vpityvatʹ",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "впитывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "deoghail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "absorber"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "suga upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pīlcu",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "పీల్చు"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "-munca"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "to absorb fluid",
      "word": "-munya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pāimǎpì",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "拍马屁"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "fedte for"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "slijmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "imarrella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "nuoleskella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "mielistellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "lécher les bottes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "cirer les pompes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "einschleimen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "podlizywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "puxar saco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podlízyvatʹsja",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подли́зываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podlizátʹsja",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подлиза́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "souk in wi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "ulizivati",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "улизивати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "šlihtati",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шлихтати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "uvlačiti",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "увлачити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "ulizivati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "šlihtati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Latin"
      ],
      "word": "uvlačiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "dar jabón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "dar coba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "pastelear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "fjäska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "smöra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "lisma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
      "word": "ställa sig in (hos)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suck up"
}

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