Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Kuvat 4

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenAU
KieliKäännökset
espanjasuccionar
italiaaspirare
portugalisorver
ranskaabsorber, cirer les pompes, lécher les bottes, aspirer
ruotsisuga upp, smöra, lisma, fjäska
saksaaufsaugen
suominuoleskella, mielistellä, imarrella, paijata
venäjäподлизываться (podlizyvatsja), подлизаться (podlizatsja)

Määritelmät

Verbi

  1. (transitive) To absorb (fluid).
  2. (slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.
  3. (slang) To fellate (someone).

Esimerkit

  • The dry soil sucked up water like a sponge.
  • Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektisucked up
Imperfektisucked up
Partisiipin preesenssucking up
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesenssucks up

Luokat


(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.

Illustration by Peter Newell for the poem "The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven" in Fables for the Frivolous, by Guy Wetmore Carryl; in French, the fox says "I admire your beautiful plumage" to the raven

(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.

Lysias, by the French sculptor Jean Dedieu (c. 1645–1727)

(slang, often followed by to) To adulate or flatter (someone) excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.

Uriah Heep, from Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, is synonymous with sycophancy