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sugar up

sugar up verb: to ingest a large amount of sugar, e.g. in candy.

Verb

sugar up (third-person singular simple present sugars up, present participle sugaring up, simple past and past participle sugared up)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To ingest a large amount of sugar, e.g. in candy.
    • The kids sugared up good last night.
  2. (informal, transitive) To add sugar to (something).
    • I sugared up your coffee.
  3. (informal, transitive) To give sugary foods to others to eat.
    • Please don't sugar up the kids tonight.
  4. (informal, transitive) To flirt with and give signals of romantic intent for the purposes of seduction
    • She's been sugaring him up for months.
  5. (informal, transitive) To make (something) more attractive; to touch up to add appeal.
    • I sugared up my stories to get those guys on my side.
  6. (informal, intransitive) Synonym of suck up (to adulate or flatter).
    • I don't wanna have to sugar up to Mr. Snyder.
    Synonyms:
    suck up

Synonyms of sugar up

Forms of sugar up

third-person singular presentsugars up
present participlesugaring up
past participlesugared up
pastsugared up

Questions about sugar up

What does sugar up mean?
Sugar up means to ingest a large amount of sugar, e.g. in candy.
What part of speech is sugar up?
Sugar up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sugar up?
The past tense of sugar up is sugared up.

Words near sugar up in the dictionary

  1. sugar the pill
  2. sugar thermometer
  3. sugar thermometers
  4. sugar tit
  5. sugar tits
  6. sugar up
  7. sugar walls
  8. sugar water
  9. sugar-apple
  10. sugar-apples
  11. sugar-bag

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