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sugaring up

sugaring up is the present participle and gerund of sugar up.

Meaning of sugar up

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

Questions about sugaring up

What is sugaring up the present participle and gerund of?
Sugaring up is the present participle and gerund of sugar up.

Words near sugaring up in the dictionary

  1. sugaring down
  2. sugaring moon
  3. sugaring moons
  4. sugaring off
  5. sugaring out
  6. sugaring up
  7. sugarings
  8. sugarish
  9. sugarless
  10. sugarlessness
  11. sugarlike

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