Usually means: Eager to please for approval.
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  1. kiss-ass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. kiss-ass: Wordnik
  3. kiss-ass: Dictionary.com
  4. kiss-ass: Wiktionary

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  1. kiss-ass, kiss-ass: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  (Canada, US, slang) An obsequious person who tries to win the favor of someone, usually their superior.

Similar:
kissass, ass-kisser, kiss-up, asskisser, arse-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, buttkisser, asslicker, bootlicker, more...

Opposite:
rebel, nonconformist, contrarian, oppositional

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Similar:
kissass, ass-kisser, kiss-up, asskisser, arse-kisser, ass-licker, bootlick, buttkisser, asslicker, bootlicker, more...

Opposite:
rebel, nonconformist, contrarian, oppositional



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