apple-polish

verb

To attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

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Meanings

verbapple-polish (third-person singular simple present apple-polishes, present participle apple-polishing, simple past and past participle apple-polished)

present singular third person apple-polishes · participle present apple-polishing · participle past apple-polished · past apple-polished

  1. USidiomatictransitiveTo attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

    Synonyms: brown-nose, butter up, kiss up, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up, dickride

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo attempt to obtain favors, especially by flattery; to toady or fawn.

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Also see
bootlickbow and scrapebrown-nosedickridefawnfawn overfellateflannelkiss someone's asskiss uplick someone's asslick someone's ballsoverflatteroverpraiseoverratesuck uptoady
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APA

apple-polish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple-polish

MLA

“apple-polish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple-polish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apple-polish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apple-polish.

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