| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| apple-polish |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ap·ple-pol·ish |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p  l-p l  sh |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: ap·ple-pol·ished, ap·ple-pol·ish·ing, ap·ple-pol·ish·es
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Informal To seek favor by toadying. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To seek favor with; flatter. See synonyms at fawn1. | | OTHER FORMS: | apple polisher, apple-polish·er —NOUN
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