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sucks (up)verbpresent tense third-person singular of suck (up) to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superiora young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer apple-polishes, bootlicks, fawns, fusses, kowtows, toadies, truckles drools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, woosadulates, idolizes, worshipsblandishes, cajoles, coaxes, flatters, overpraises, soft-soapscowers, cringes, grovelsabases, debases, demeansdefers, submits, yields curries favor, kisses up to despises, disdains, scornsgibes(or jibes), jeers, scoffsbraves, challenges, defies to take in (something liquid) through small openingsthese lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday absorbs, drinks, imbibes, soaks (up), sponges, takes up gulps, guzzles, quaffs, sips, slurps, swallows, swigs, swills |