Another word for apple-polish

To support slavishly every opinion or suggestion of a superior

• suck up

  1. A person who flatters or defers to others obsequiously; a sycophant.

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  1. A person who flatters or defers to others obsequiously; a sycophant.

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• cotton

  1. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
  2. The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
  3. Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.

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  1. Any of various shrubby plants of the genus Gossypium, having showy flowers and grown for the soft white downy fibers surrounding oil-rich seeds.
  2. The fiber of any of these plants, used in making textiles and other products.
  3. Thread or cloth manufactured from the fiber of these plants.

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• brownnose

  1. To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.

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  1. To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.

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• truckle

  1. A small wheel or roller; a caster.
  2. To be servile or submissive.

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  1. A small wheel or roller; a caster.
  2. To be servile or submissive.

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• toady

  1. A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
  2. To be a toady to or behave like a toady.

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  1. A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.
  2. To be a toady to or behave like a toady.

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• slaver

  1. To slobber; drool.
  2. To behave in an obsequious manner.
  3. Saliva drooling from the mouth.

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  1. To slobber; drool.
  2. To behave in an obsequious manner.
  3. Saliva drooling from the mouth.

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• kowtow

  1. To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
  2. To show servile deference.
  3. The act of kneeling and touching the forehead to the ground.

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  1. To kneel and touch the forehead to the ground in expression of deep respect, worship, or submission, as formerly done in China.
  2. To show servile deference.
  3. The act of kneeling and touching the forehead to the ground.

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• grovel

  1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.
  2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.
  3. To give oneself over to base pleasures:

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  1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.
  2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.
  3. To give oneself over to base pleasures:

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• fawn

  1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
  2. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.

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  1. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
  2. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.

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• cringe

  1. To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
  2. To behave in a servile way; fawn.
  3. An act or instance of cringing.

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  1. To shrink back, as in fear; cower.
  2. To behave in a servile way; fawn.
  3. An act or instance of cringing.

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• bootlick

  1. To behave like a sycophant toward (someone) or behave like a sycophant.

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  1. To behave like a sycophant toward (someone) or behave like a sycophant.

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