Meaning

6 senses
  1. (informal, intransitive)To ingest a large amount of sugar, e.g. in candy.

    The kids sugared up good last night.

  2. (informal, transitive)To add sugar to (something).

    I sugared up your coffee.

  3. (informal, transitive)To give sugary foods to others to eat.

    Please don't sugar up the kids tonight.

  4. (informal, transitive)To flirt with and give signals of romantic intent for the purposes of seduction

    She's been sugaring him up for months.

  5. (informal, transitive)To make (something) more attractive; to touch up to add appeal.

    I sugared up my stories to get those guys on my side.

  6. (informal, intransitive)Synonym of suck up (to adulate or flatter).

    I don't wanna have to sugar up to Mr. Snyder.

Forms

sugars up, sugaring up, sugared up, sugared up
Base formsugar up · to sugar up
3rd person singularsugars up
Present participlesugaring up
Past simplesugared up
Past participlesugared up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysugar up
he, she, itsugars up

Past simpleLesson

all personssugared up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sugared up
he, she, ithas sugared up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sugar up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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