kiss-up

She looked down at Pita, and declared, “You’re such a kiss-up!”

“Oh yes! We’ll bring presents, and eat tamales, and stay up every night,” exclaimed Pita, not at all sounding like a kiss-up, but like her true generous self, the Pita that Mamá knows and loves and babies more than the rest of us.

It’s a convenient strategy for Cohen, whose persona can shift between smarmy and sly — a celebrity kiss-up artist who must put his guests at ease while simultaneously prying secrets out of them.

LICK-SPITTLER — A kiss-up, self-promoter.

“Why would we vote to relax sanctions on three essential Russian companies when Putin has not stopped or even curtailed his malign activities? This is sort of a kiss-up to Putin,” Schumer told reporters shortly before the vote.