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brownnose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From brown (“a scatological reference”) + nose.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively) One who sucks up; a bootlicker or sycophant.
    • 'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.' 2007, Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press, page 13:
    • You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me. 2010, Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller,, page 46:
    • A workmate reported the matter, "which is why the worker threatened to beat up the latter," calling him a "brownnose" and threatening to "wipe the floor with him." 1997, Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press, page 126:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brownnoses Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

hanger-on · throne sniffer · brown noser · bootlick · buttlicker · white knight · bootlick · sycophant · suck up · doormat · schmoozer · adulator · buttkisser · dickrider · lick-platter · simp · bootlicker · people pleaser · lickspittle · groveler · toadeater · arse-kisser · pickthank · clawback · ass-licker · brownnose · lackey · arse-licker · minion · toady · ass-kisser · lickpot · apple polisher · flunkey · groveller · brown noser · flatterer · kiss-ass

Translations (44)

cs vlezdoprdelka (one who brownnoses) · fr lèche-cul (one who brownnoses) · ru лизоблю́д (one who brownnoses) · fr cireur de pompes (one who brownnoses) · ja ゴマすり (one who brownnoses) · ru подхали́м (one who brownnoses) · pt lambe-botas (one who brownnoses) · cmn 馬屁精 /马屁精 (one who brownnoses) · it leccaculo (one who brownnoses) · id penjilat (one who brownnoses) · fr lèche-bottes (one who brownnoses) · my ဖော်လံဖား (one who brownnoses) · sh dupelizac (one who brownnoses) · es estómago agradecido (one who brownnoses) · el σφουγγοκωλάριος (one who brownnoses) · es adulón (one who brownnoses) · es pelota (one who brownnoses) · cmn 巴兒狗 /巴儿狗 (one who brownnoses) · ro pupincurist (one who brownnoses) · el κωλογλείφτης (one who brownnoses) · es lameculos (one who brownnoses) · sl ritoliznik (one who brownnoses) · ro lingău (one who brownnoses) · fi ruskeakielinen (one who brownnoses) · cs vlezdoprdelista (one who brownnoses) · fa-ira خایهمال (one who brownnoses) · ru жополи́з (one who brownnoses) · es adulador (one who brownnoses) · my ဖား (one who brownnoses) · pt puxa-saco (one who brownnoses) · nl kontkusser (one who brownnoses) · sv rövslickare (one who brownnoses) · sh uvlakač (one who brownnoses) · de Schleimer (one who brownnoses) · de Arschkriecher (one who brownnoses) · es chupamedias (one who brownnoses) · my ဘောမ (one who brownnoses) · pl wdupowłaz (one who brownnoses) · hu seggnyaló (one who brownnoses) · it leccapiedi (one who brownnoses) · de Speichellecker (one who brownnoses) · fr cire-pompes (one who brownnoses) · es arrastrado (one who brownnoses) · yue 擦鞋仔 (one who brownnoses)

brownnose en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From brown (“a scatological reference”) + nose.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
brownnoses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
brownnosed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brownnosed Tense=Past lexicographic
brownnosing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

brown noser

Synonyms

dickride · lick someone's balls · overrate · kiss up · honey around · bow and scrape · fawn over · honey up · bootlick · flannel · kiss up · duchess · fellate · fawn · butter up · toady · butter up · brownnose · toady · apple-polish · overpraise · lick someone's ass · kiss someone's ring · kowtow · suck up · overflatter · kiss someone's ass

Translations (32)

cmn 拍馬屁 /拍马屁 (to flatter in obsequious manner) · yue 擦鞋 (to flatter in obsequious manner) · az götəgirənlik etmək (to flatter in obsequious manner) · pl włazić w dupę (to flatter in obsequious manner) · fr cirer les pompes (to flatter in obsequious manner) · az sabunluq eləmək (to flatter in obsequious manner) · de arschkriechen (to flatter in obsequious manner) · es pelotear (to flatter in obsequious manner) · no smiske (to flatter in obsequious manner) · pl lizać dupę (to flatter in obsequious manner) · id peres (to flatter in obsequious manner) · de jemandes Speichel lecken (to flatter in obsequious manner) · no pisse oppetter ryggen (to flatter in obsequious manner) · de schleimen (to flatter in obsequious manner) · cmn 拍馬 /拍马 (to flatter in obsequious manner) · ko 빨다 (to flatter in obsequious manner) · yue 托大腳 /托大脚 (to flatter in obsequious manner) · sv slicka röv (to flatter in obsequious manner) · it fare il ruffiano (to flatter in obsequious manner) · es lamer el culo (to flatter in obsequious manner) · it leccare i piedi (to flatter in obsequious manner) · no sleike oppetter ryggen (to flatter in obsequious manner) · es hacer la pelota (to flatter in obsequious manner) · fr flagorner (to flatter in obsequious manner) · it leccare il culo (to flatter in obsequious manner) · de jemandem in den Arsch kriechen (to flatter in obsequious manner) · fr lécher les bottes (to flatter in obsequious manner) · fr lécher le cul (to flatter in obsequious manner) · hu nyal (to flatter in obsequious manner) · az götə girmək (to flatter in obsequious manner) · fi mielistellä (to flatter in obsequious manner) · ru лиза́ть за́дницу (to flatter in obsequious manner)