English Explanatory Dictionary

kiss up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pay false flattery to another, particularly a superior at work, in order to get special attention.
  2. To pay false flattery.

Pronunciation

En-au-kiss up.ogg

Word forms

kiss up kisses up kissing up kissed up kiss-up

Synonyms

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

Related words

kiss up, kick down

Derived words

kiss up to Kiss-up
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