suck up

Questions about suck up

What does suck up mean?

suck up means "take in, also metaphorically". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for suck up?

Close synonyms include absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suck up a common word?

suck up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.