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)

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

Synonyms

• kiss up, kiss up to
• lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, lick someone's boots
• suck up, suck up to, suck someone's cock

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 (pt) 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”)