suck–up

noun \ˈsək-ˌəp\

: a person who tries to get the approval of someone in authority by saying and doing helpful and friendly things that are not sincere

Full Definition of SUCK-UP

: a person who is ingratiating or fawning <a suck–up to the teacher>

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1976

Synonyms: apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lickspittle, suck-up, toady

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