Reverse Dictionary: CURRY FAVOUR

ADJECTIVES
► ADULATORIOUS currying favour, servilely flattering → 1664 obs.

NOUNS
► APPLE-POLISHING currying favour, toadying → 1926 US colloq.
► ASS-KISSING a currying of favour; toadying → 1942 Amer. sl.
► BAG-PLAY a currying favour; an instance of attempting to curry favour; an attempt to impress a superior with one’s ability or importance → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BOOT an effort to curry favour; a fawning or subservient action or remark → 1908 Amer. dial.
► QUILL an attempt to curry favour → 1918 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► APPLE-KNOCKER a person who curries favour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► APPLE-POLISHER a person who attempts to curry favour with a superior; a toady, a flatterer → 1918 US colloq.
► APPLE-PUSHER a person who curries favour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► APPLE-SHINER a person who curries favour → 1935 Amer. dial.
► APPLE-WASHER a person who curries favour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► APPROACHER a person who curries favour → 1970 Amer. dial.
► ARSE-KISSER ► ASS-KISSER a person who curries favour → 1766 US sl.
► ASS-KISS a person who curries favour → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ASS-LICK a person who curries favour → 1977 Amer. sl.
► ASS-LICKER a person who curries favour → 1939 Amer. dial.
► ASS-SUCKER a person who curries favour → 1943 Amer. sl.
► ASS WIPE a person who curries favour → 1952 Amer. sl.
► ASS-WIPER a person who curries favour → 1950 Amer. sl.
► A-WIPER a person who curries favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BEGGAR a person who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BIRD-DOGGER a person who tries too hard to gain someone’s favour → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOOTLICK a person who curries favour → 1849 Amer. dial.
► BOOTLICKER a person who curries favour → 1846 Brit. sl.
► BROWN a person who curries favour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BROWNIE a person who curries favour → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BROWN-NOSE a person who curries favour → 1938 sl., orig. US military usage
► BROWN-NOSER a person who curries favour → 1950 sl., orig. US military usage
► BROWN PAPER a person who curries favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUCKER a person who curries favour → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► CHEESE-EATER a person who curries favour → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CURRIER a person who curries favour → c1530
► EAR-BANGER a person who curries favour → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FLOOR-FLUSHER a person who tries too hard to gain somebody else’s favour → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRAPE PICKER a person who curries favour → 1958 Amer. dial.
► GROISE a hard worker; one who curries favour → 1913 Brit. public school sl.
► HANDSHAKER a person who attempts to curry favour with insincere flattery; a sycophant, a toady → 1884 US colloq.
► HEELER a person who curries favour with superiors or social groups in order to increase his own status → 1975 Amer. sl. arch. (Bk.)
► HEEL-LICKER a person who curries favour → 1960 Amer. dial.
► INK-HORN a person who curries favour → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LICKER a person who ‘creeps’ for favours; a toady → 1970s Brit. sl.
► NED a Black person who curries favour with White society → 1964 African-American sl.
► NOSE BOX a person who tries too hard to gain somebody’s favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PECKER-SUCKER a person who tries too hard to gain somebody’s favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PLEASE-MAN a person who curries favour; one who tries to please men; an officious or servile person who courts favour → 1588 obs.
► SCADGE a person who curries favour → 1896 Sc.
► TAG-TAIL a person who curries favour → 1834

VERBS
► ACE IN to curry favour successfully → 1920s tramps’ sl.
► AK to curry favour by obsequious behaviour (Ass-Kiss) → 1939 US sl.
► APPLEKNOCK to curry favour → 1969 Amer. dial.
► APPLE POLISH to curry favour, to toady → 1930s sl.
► APPLE-SHINE to curry favour → 1969 Amer. dial.
► APPLE UP to curry favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ASS-KISS to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to → 1961 Amer. sl.
► ASS-LICK to curry favour in a self-degrading manner; to toady → 1937 sl., orig. US
► ASS UP TO to curry favour with → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BAIT to curry favour → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BANG EARS to curry favour;’ to ingratiate oneself with someone by means of flattery or the like → 1946 US Navy & Marine Corps usage
► BAUM to curry favour; to fawn upon; to flatter → 1851 US sl.
► BOOT to curry favour → 1946 Amer. dial.
► BOOTLICK to curry favour with; to do subservient things to gain one’s favour; to toady → 1845 Amer. dial.
► BRED to curry favour; to behave in sycophantic manner → 2002 UK sl.
► BROWN to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating → 1940s World War II Amer. sl.
► BROWNIE to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BROWN-NOSE to curry favour, to behave obsequiously → 1935 sl.
► BROWN PAPER to curry favour, to toady; to be excessively deferential or ingratiating → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUCK to curry favour, to toady → Bk1947 Amer. sl.
► BUDDY UP to curry favour, to seek friendship for personal gain → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUM-SUCK to curry favour with; to behave obsequiously towards; to toady → 1918 Brit. sl., derogatory
► BUTTER ► BUTTER UP to curry favour with; to flatter or praise a person, esp. as a means of gaining favour or advantage → 1700
► BUTT-SUCK to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner → 1973 Amer. sl.
► CHASE CHEERS to curry favour with the masses → 1930s Aust. sl.
► CHEESE to curry favour, to play up to → 1974 Amer. dial.
► CHEW to curry favour; to brown-nose, to toady → 1970 Amer. dial.
► COUSIN UP to try to gain somebody’s favour → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CREEP UP SOMEONE’S ASS to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone → 1698 sl.
► DIRTY-NOSE to curry favour → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► EAT CHEESE to curry favour, to toady to, to ingratiate oneself with → 1968 sl.
► EGG SUCK to curry favour → 1970s US sl.
► FEATHER to curry favour with; to pamper, to spoil, to treat well → 1939 Amer. dial.
► GET IN THE BROWN WITH to curry favour → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GET NOSE WITH to curry favour → 1989 sl.
► GOODY UP to curry favour, to toady → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRAPE UP TO to curry favour with → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GROISE to curry favour → 1913 Brit. public school sl.
► HANG A HAM to curry favour → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HAVE ONE’S NOSE UP SOMEONE’S ASS to curry favour with someone in a blatant manner → 1971 Amer. sl.
► KISS-ASS to curry favour; to act the sycophant → M20 US sl.
► LICK SOMEONE’S ASS ► SUCK SOMEONE’S ASS to curry favour with someone, esp. in a blatant or degrading manner → 1864 Amer. sl.
► MAKE FAIR WEATHER WITH to curry favour with → 1598 obs.
► MAKE NICE to curry favour, to act in a friendly manner whether or not one means it → 1999 US sl.
► MAKE ONE’S ALLEY GOOD to curry favour by flattering; to ingratiate oneself → 1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MAKE ONE’S MARBLE GOOD to curry favour by flattering; to ingratiate oneself → 1909 Aust. & NZ sl.
► NOSE to curry favour through obsequious conduct  → 1932 US sl.
► NUT to curry favour with; to court, to flatter, to ingratiate oneself with; originally as part of a deception or swindle → 1789 sl. obs.
► PEE-HEE to curry favour; to ingratiate oneself with one’s superiors → 1939 sl.
► PENNY-DOG to curry favour; to toady; to fawn on; to pester → 1914 Amer. dial.
► PENNY-FEIST to curry favour; to toady; to fawn on; to pester → 1939 Amer. dial.
► PLUCK DINGLES to curry favour → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► POLISH APPLES ► POLISH THE APPLE to curry favour, as with a teacher → 1927 US sl.
► POLISH UP to curry favour with → 1965 Amer. dial.
► QUILL to curry favour with; to toady → 1918 Amer. dial.
► RUN THE LOOP to work frantically, particularly to curry favour → 1970 US high school sl. (Bk.)
► SCAB to curry favour with the authorities; said of an inmate → 1970s NZ prison sl.
► SET UP TO ► SIT UP TO to curry favour with → 1845 Amer. dial.
► SUCK AROUND to curry favour → 1914 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SUCK ASS to curry favour; to flatter and cajole  → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SUCK IN to curry favour with → 1899 Sc.
► SUCK UP TO to curry favour with; to toady to → 1860 schoolboy sl.
► SWING ON THE MEAT to curry favour → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TOADY to curry favour with; to flatter or attend to with servility → 1827
► TOTE MILK TO to curry favour with → 1967 Amer. dial.
► USE THE GREASE-POT to flatter, to curry favour, to fawn → 1896 Eng. dial.