brown noser

See also: brownnoser and brown-noser

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• brown-noser
• brownnoser

EtymologyEdit

A metaphorical image: when kissing the buttocks of another person, one's nose is liable to be covered in brown feces.

NounEdit

brown noser (plural brown nosers)

1. (idiomatic) One who brownnoses (flatters or humors somebody in an obsequious manner for personal gain); one who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.

SynonymsEdit

• brown-nose
• See also Thesaurus:sycophant

TranslationsEdit

one who brownnoses

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 擦鞋仔 (caat³ haai⁴ zai²)

  Mandarin: 巴兒狗 (zh), 巴儿狗 (zh) (bārgǒu), 擦鞋仔 (cāxiézǐ)

• Dutch: kontkusser
• Finnish: ruskeakielinen
• French: lèche-bottes (fr), lèche-cul (fr), cireur de pompes m, cire-pompes (fr) m, f
• German: Arschkriecher (de) m, Speichellecker (de) m, Schleimer (de) m
• Greek: κωλογλείφτης (el) m (kologleíftis), σφουγγοκωλάριος (el) m (sfoungokolários)

• Italian: leccaculo (it) m
• Japanese: ゴマする (gomasuru)
• Polish: wdupowłaz m
• Portuguese: puxa-saco (pt) m, f, lambe-botas (pt) m, f
• Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd), жополи́з (ru) m (žopolíz)
• Serbo-Croatian: dupelizac (sh), uvlakač
• Spanish: pelota (es) m, f, lameculos (es) m, f, chupamedias (es) m, f