English Explanatory Dictionary

apple-polish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

Word forms

apple-polish apple-polishes apple-polishing apple-polished

Synonyms

brownnose butter up kiss up apple-polish bootlick bow and scrape dickride duchess fawn fawn over fellate flannel honey around honey up kiss someone's ass kiss someone's ring kowtow lick someone's ass lick someone's balls overflatter overpraise overrate suck up toady

Derived words

apple polisher
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