brownnose en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From brown (“a scatological reference”) + nose.
Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)