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kissy up

kissy up verb: synonym of kiss up.

Verb

kissy up (third-person singular simple present kissies up, present participle kissying up, simple past and past participle kissied up)

  1. (informal, intransitive, rare) Synonym of kiss up.
    • When you leave, can you take the Nation of Islam slimeballs with you? They love to kissy up to their Arab masters.1996 April 19, Geoff Cooper, “Arabs must leave the United Nations”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
    • We must look awfully immoral to many in the world, the way we kissy up to money and the "art of the deal" regardless of character.1997 June 30, Van, “CEO wages up 24%. Worker wages go south.”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
    Synonyms:
    kiss up

Examples of kissy up in a sentence

  • Or maybe it's because I don't kissy up to the right arses on certain newsgroups.1999 April 10, Helen, “(Rude Question) -Whats^([sic]) are the ages of some of the writers doing who^([sic]) novels?”, in rec.arts.drwho...
  • [Y]ou can answer him and Jim and you three can waltz through your pat testimonies and kissy up to each other.2000 September 14, FAWNSCRIBE, “Praying to God about the BofM”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026:
  • You got fucked and did not even get kissed. and now, it[’]s kissy up, and try to keep you from getting angry...2001 January 26, CBHVAC, “Alignment question--Dodge dakota 98”, in alt.autos.dodge.trucks (Usenet), archived from the original on 06 Aug...
  • Welcome to Brunduh world, where stupidity and kissy up to liars and assholes is the rule.2001 October 11, jim dutton, quoting Rauni, “this is what happened when my daughter had difficulties and I continued to love her”, in...

Synonyms of kissy up

Forms of kissy up

third-person singular presentkissies up
present participlekissying up
past participlekissied up
pastkissied up

Questions about kissy up

What does kissy up mean?
Kissy up means synonym of kiss up.
How do you use kissy up in a sentence?
Or maybe it's because I don't kissy up to the right arses on certain newsgroups.
What part of speech is kissy up?
Kissy up is a verb.
What is the past tense of kissy up?
The past tense of kissy up is kissied up.

Words near kissy up in the dictionary

  1. kissproof
  2. kissra
  3. kisstory
  4. kissworthy
  5. kissy
  6. kissy up
  7. kissy-kissied
  8. kissy-kissies
  9. kissy-kissy
  10. kissy-kissying
  11. kissybug

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