bum-suckingn.
/ˈbʌmˌsʌkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəmˌsəkɪŋ/ slang (chiefly British). derogatory.
The action or practice of behaving obsequiously towards someone important or in authority, typically in order to gain favour or personal advantage. Cf. arse-licking n., ass-licking n. 2, bum-sucker n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun]
fawninga1350
adulationc1400
papelardya1425
papelardrya1500
captation1523
clawing1548
insinuation1553
curry-favour1581
man-pleasing1588
courting1607
men-pleasing1615
supparasitation1620
sycophantizing1640
assiduity1641
ingratiating1642
licking1648
man-pleasance1656
sycophancy1657
fawnery1661
sycophantrya1677
nutting1789
tuft-hunting1789
cultivation1793
huggery1804
ingratiation1815
sycophantism1821
lickspittling1839
toadyship1839
toadyism1840
bootlicking1849
toadying1863
arse-licking1912
lickspittle1914
apple-polishing1926
pot-licking1929
brown-nosing1934
ass-kissing1936
arse-kissing1937
ass-licking1946
sucking-up1946
bum-sucking1949
love bomb1975
love-bombing1976
1949 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 3) 1003/2 Bum-sucking, arse-crawling.
1953 D. Parry Going up—Going Down ii. 57 Would you believe it! He's started to cash in on his bum-sucking already.
1963 C. Mackenzie My Life & Times II. 21 Being accused of sucking up, or even of bum-sucking.
2006 D. Dromgoole Will & Me (2007) 179 He balances out even his bleakest critique of the brutality of power, Macbeth, with a bit of astonishingly blatant bum-sucking to the new king.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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