Definition of suck-up
:a person who is ingratiating or fawning
- a suck-up to the teacher
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First Known Use of suck-up
1970
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apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lickspittle, suck-up, toadyRelated Words
yes-man; apparatchik, company man; hanger-on, leech, parasite, sponge, sponger; henchman, lackey, lapdog, minion, running dog, satellite, slave, stooge; admirer, cultist, devotee, enthusiast, fan, groveler, idolater (or idolator), worshipper (or worshiper), zealot; adherent, camp follower, convert, disciple, follower, me-tooer, partisan (also partizan), pupil, votarySUCK-UP Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of suck-up for English Language Learners
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: a person who tries to get the approval of someone in authority by saying and doing helpful and friendly things that are not sincere
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