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ass-kisser

noun

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

• Syn: ↑sycophant, ↑toady, ↑crawler, ↑lackey

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crawl (for: ↑crawler), ↑toady (for: ↑toady), ↑sycophantic (for: ↑sycophant), ↑sycophancy (for: ↑sycophant)

• Hypernyms: ↑flatterer, ↑adulator

• Hyponyms:

↑apple polisher, ↑bootlicker, ↑fawner, ↑groveller, ↑groveler, ↑truckler, ↑goody-goody

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noun

see ass-kissing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.