kiss ass

See also: kissass and kiss-ass

English

"Idol-Worship, or, The Way to Preferment" (1740)

Alternative forms

(UK) kiss arse
kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's arse

Pronunciation

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Verb

kiss ass (third-person singular simple present kisses ass, present participle kissing ass, simple past and past participle kissed ass)

(US, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) to flatter or perform favors excessively, especially to receive preferential treatment from a boss or other superior; to behave obsequiously.

Synonyms

Translations

to flatter excessively

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舔屁股
Danish: slikke røv (vulgar), fedte for
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: nuolla persettä (vulgar), nuoleskella (fi)
French: (colloquial) lécher les bottes (fr), (vulgar) lécher le cul (fr)
German: (vulgar) in den Arsch kriechen (de)
Hungarian: segget nyal
Portuguese: puxar o saco
Romanian: pupa în cur
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: lamer los huevos, lamer los zapatos
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: llyfu tin (literally “to lick arse”)

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