suck up

See also: suckup and suck-up

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

suck up (third-person singular simple present sucks up, present participle sucking up, simple past and past participle sucked up)

2. (transitive) To absorb (fluid).

   The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.

3. (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.

   Synonyms: brownnose, butter up, kiss up; see also Thesaurus:suck up

   Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.

   • 1996, “Hooker with a Penis”, performed by Tool:

     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

4. (slang) To fellate (someone).

Translations

to absorb fluid

• Azerbaijani: hopdurmaq
• French: absorber (fr)
• German: aufsaugen (de)
• Hungarian: felszív (hu), magába szív
• Italian: aspirare (it)
• Polish: wchłaniać (pl) impf, wchłonąć (pl) pf
• Russian: впитывать (ru) impf (vpityvatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoghail
• Spanish: absorber (es)
• Swedish: suga upp
• Telugu: పీల్చు (te) (pīlcu)
• Zulu: -munca, -munya

to adulate or flatter excessively

• Azerbaijani: götə girmək, götəgirənlik eləmək
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拍马屁 (zh) (pāimǎpì)

• Czech: podlézat (cs) impf, lézt do zadku (cs) impf
• Danish: fedte for
• Dutch: slijmen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: imarrella (fi), nuoleskella (fi), mielistellä (fi)
• French: lécher les bottes (fr), cirer les pompes (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: einschleimen (de)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: көтіне кіру (kötıne kıru)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: podlizywać się impf, podlizać się pf
• Portuguese: puxar saco
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: подли́зываться (ru) impf (podlízyvatʹsja), подлиза́ться (ru) pf (podlizátʹsja)
• Scots: souk in wi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: улизивати (ulizivati), шлихтати (šlihtati), увлачити (uvlačiti)

  Latin: ulizivati (sh), šlihtati, uvlačiti (sh)

• Spanish: dar jabón, dar coba, pastelear (es) (Spain, colloquial), lambonear, lambisconear (es) (Latin America), lambisquear (es) (Latin America), lamber (es)
• Swedish: fjäska (sv), smöra (sv), lisma (sv), ställa sig in (hos) (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

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