suck-up

See also: suckup and suck up

English

Alternative forms

• suckup

Etymology

Deverbal from suck up.

Noun

suck-up (plural suck-ups)

1. A person who sucks up, or plays up through adulation or flattery or other such devices to win another's favour; a brown-noser.
   • 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 139:

     Dulcie was already holding Lidiaʼs hand, and she didnʼt even know her! What a suck-up.

Synonyms

• brown-noser
• teacher's pet
• goody-two-shoes
• kiss-up

Anagrams

• upsuck