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    [Noun]  | "suck-up" | \ ˈsək-ˌəp \


    1: a person who is ingratiating or fawning


    Origin: 1970 ;

    [Noun]  | "suck-ups" 


    1: a person who flatters another in order to get ahead;


      * e.g., " ... I'd like to give my boss a birthday present, but I don't want to look like a shameless suck-up "



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    [Noun]  | "suck-up" 


    1: a person who flatters another in order to get ahead;


      * e.g., " ... I'd like to give my boss a birthday present, but I don't want to look like a shameless suck-up "



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     [ "suck-up" ]

    1: Someone who will kiss up to someone and literally do anything for them in order to get something from that person.

      * e.g.,  ... John: Hi Mr. kennington, I would love to shine your shoes or do a favor for you. Btw, I need to get my grade up in your class. Mr.Kennington: stop being a suck-up 

     [ "suck up" ]

    1: Somebody who will generally do ANYTHING for another person, and they will agree to anything said by that person as well. They will never disagree nor argue no matter what. Also known as a sheep

      * e.g.,  ... Hey Omar, stop sucking up to Harry! 

     [ "Suck up" ]

    1: A very good word to describe a thing a person does to get on their good side. Yeah I just said all that.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't be a suck up. 

     [ "suck-up" ]

    1: (Noun). One who acts affectionately toward another so as to excel, usually because he cannot do so on his own merits.

      * e.g.,  ... The graduate student was so good at sucking-up that he never had to worry about funding. 


     [ "suck-up" ]

    2: (Verb). To be a suck-up. To suck-up. Sucking-up.

     [ "suck-up" ]

    1: (n) Someone who says nice things which usually aren't true to another person for their own benefit.

      * e.g.,  ... Suck-Up- "OMG Alli you are so pretty!" can I borrow your diamond necklace? 

     [ "Suck up" ]

    1: An underling who likes to give an ego-logical boost to someone higher up on the ladder in order to gain power

      * e.g.,  ... HonorP00ner is a suck up 

     [ "suck-up" ]

    1: Someone who compliments everything because they want something for themselves, for example friendship

      * e.g.,  ... Prue Cooper. As in, Prue is such a suck-up 

     [ "sucked up" ]

    1: The look of a tweeker after prolonged use of methamphetamine, such as sunken cheeks, pale, malnourished, heavily fatigued, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Man that tweeker was looking sucked up when they booked him last night. 

     [ "suck up" ]

    1: some1 that does anything to please a teacher often includes snitching.

      * e.g.,  ... "Macon the suck up brings an apple to the teacher everyday" 

     [ "Suck-Up" ]

    1: (noun)

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     [ "Suck-Up" ]

    2: In short, someone who will bend over backwards to blow the guy looking over their shoulder. An individual who makes frequent, obvious, and sometimes disingenuous attempts to impress, please, or win favor with people who are either in a position of authority over them, or who have something that they want. One can be a suck-up because they wish to gain something tangible (promotion/pay, favors, gifts, etc.) by pleasing the other person, or because of a pathological need to be liked by others, the former being more common. At least a few suck-ups can be found in most workplaces. Similar: brown-noser, teacher's pet, kiss-ass, ass kisser, yes-man. (verb)

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1) Wow, dude. Jerry is running all over Hell and creation to make his boss happy. I'm surprised he hasn't bent over backwards to blow the guy yet. 


     [ "Suck-Up" ]

    3: To "suck up" (two words, usually not hyphenated) is the act of being a suck-up. Similar: Brown-nose, brown-nosing, ass-kissing.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 2) Yeah, well promotions are right around the corner and Jerry's a world-class suck-up. (verb) 

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