suck-upn.
/ˈsʌkʌp/, U.S. /ˈsəkəp/ slang (chiefly North American).
A sycophant; = suck n.1 10.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer
papelard1340
placeboc1395
fawnerc1440
pickthank1460
adulator?a1475
earwigc1475
curry-favel1515
men-pleaser1526
gnatho1533
upcreeperc1540
claw-back1549
curry-favourer1563
man-pleaser1564
claw-poll1569
please-man1570
sycophant1575
curry-favour1577
capper1587
insinuator1598
clawera1603
scrape-shoe1607
suck-fist1611
courtiera1616
foot lickera1616
fleerera1627
wriggler1631
fawn1635
limberham1689
toad-eater1742
tuft-hunter1755
arse-kisser1766
sleeve-creeper1809
lick-spit1822
lickspittle1825
shoe-licker1826
toady1826
toad1831
toader1842
bootlicker1846
bootlick1849
favour-currier1855
lubricator1872
bum-sucker1877
handshaker1884
suck1900
mbongo1911
sucker-up1911
apple-polisher1918
snurge1933
ass-licker1939
brown-nose1939
brown-noser1942
arse-licker1951
ass-kisser1951
greaser1959
suck-hole1966
suck-up1970
bumboy1984
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1970 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (rev. ed.) 1047/1 A suck-up is a toady or creep.
1989 A. Wilentz Rainy Season (1990) v. 142 The suck-ups among the kids always go along with him, but he knows they are suck-ups, so he doesn't respect them.
1993 Esquire June 72/1 I don't blame suck-ups... Some of my best friends are tuft hunters too.
2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Feb. 14/1 While Holmes is curt with toffs and colonels, he can be a suck-up to royalty.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1970