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suck-ups

suck-ups is the plural of suck-up.

Meaning of suck-up

Noun

suck-up (plural suck-ups)

  1. (derogatory, informal) A person who sucks up, or plays up through adulation or flattery or other such devices to win another's favour; a brown-noser.
    • Dulcie was already holding Lidiaʼs hand, and she didnʼt even know her! What a suck-up.2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 139

Questions about suck-ups

What is suck-ups the plural of?
Suck-ups is the plural of suck-up.

Words near suck-ups in the dictionary

  1. suck-outs
  2. suck-pint
  3. suck-pints
  4. suck-suck
  5. suck-up
  6. suck-ups
  7. sucka
  8. Suckabee
  9. suckability
  10. suckable
  11. suckage

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