shine up shine at • shineless · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · shine up · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 8 · · Length 2 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior. Synonyms: cozy up, cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up. Example: "She is playing up to the chairman." · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · cozy up · · Synonym 1 cotton up · · Synonym 2 play up · · Synonym 3 sidle up · · Synonym 4 suck up · · Synonym 5 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075