Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honey up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
hon-ey up
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable.

Informal

verb

To cajole, suck up to or sweet-talk (someone).

Dated; Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

honeys up (present, singular) honeying up (participle, present) honeyed up (participle, past) honeyed up (past)

Synonyms

butter up fawn over honey around blandander blandish cajole sweeten fast-talk canoodle carny coax collogue

Questions

What does honey up mean?
To make (something) sweet, pleasant or agreeable.

How to pronounce honey up

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