"suck up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-suck up.ogg [Australia] 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)
    Sense id: en-suck_up-en-verb-en:absorb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 34 4 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 66 26 8 Synonyms: apple-polish [US], bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride [vulgar], fawn, fellate [figuratively, vulgar], flannel, kiss someone's ass [idiomatic, vulgar], kiss someone's ring [idiomatic], kiss up, kowtow [figuratively], lick someone's ass [idiomatic, vulgar], lick someone's balls [idiomatic, vulgar], suck up, toady Disambiguation of 'to absorb fluid': 98 1 1
  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), 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 94 4
  3. (slang) To fellate (someone). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-suck_up-en-verb-Xd1X7gYv

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "to absorb fluid",
          "word": "-munya"
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          "word": "puxar saco"
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          "roman": "podlízyvatʹsja",
          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
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          "sense": "to adulate or flatter excessively",
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          "text": "Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to#English"
        ],
        [
          "adulate",
          "adulate"
        ],
        [
          "flatter",
          "flatter"
        ],
        [
          "benefit",
          "benefit"
        ],
        [
          "favour",
          "favour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brownnose"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "often",
        "slang",
        "with-to"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fellate (someone)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fellate",
          "fellate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To fellate (someone)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-suck up.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/En-au-suck_up.ogg/En-au-suck_up.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/En-au-suck_up.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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": "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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