suck up

See also: suckup and suck-up

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VerbEdit

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

(transitive) To absorb (fluid).
The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
(slang, chiefly with "to") To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
To fellate (a person)

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brownnose

TranslationsEdit

to absorb fluid

French: absorber (fr)
German: aufsaugen (de)
Hungarian: felszív (hu), magába szív
Italian: aspirare (it)
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

Chinese:
Mandarin: 拍马屁 (zh) (pāimǎpì)
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
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: podlizywać się (pl)
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)
Swedish: fjäska (sv), smöra (sv), lisma (sv), ställa sig in (hos) (sv)
Thai: please add this translation if you can

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