kiss ass

See also: kissass and kiss-ass

English

"Idol-Worship, or, The Way to Preferment" (1740)

Alternative forms

• (UK) kiss arse
• kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's arse

Pronunciation

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Verb

kiss ass (third-person singular simple present kisses ass, present participle kissing ass, simple past and past participle kissed ass)

1. (US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

Synonyms

• kiss up, kiss up to
• lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, lick someone's boots
• suck up, suck up to, suck someone's cock

Translations

to flatter excessively

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舔屁股

• Danish: slikke røv (vulgar), fedte for
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: nuolla persettä (vulgar), nuoleskella (fi)
• French: (colloquial) lécher les bottes (fr), (vulgar) lécher le cul (fr)
• German: (vulgar) in den Arsch kriechen (de)
• Hungarian: segget nyal
• Portuguese: puxar o saco (pt)
• Romanian: pupa în cur
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: lamer los huevos, lamer los zapatos
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: llyfu tin (literally “to lick arse”)