From brown + nose; scatological.
brownnose (plural brownnoses)
- (figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
1997, Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press, page 126: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."
2007, Felicity Young, An Easeful Death, Fremantle Press, page 13:'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.'
2010, Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller,, page 46:You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me.
one who brownnoses
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Burmese: ဖော်လံဖား (my) (hpaulamhpa:), ဖား (my) (hpa:), ဘောမ (my) (bhau:ma.)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 擦鞋仔 (caat3 haai4 zai2)
- Mandarin: 巴兒狗/巴儿狗 (zh) (bārgǒu), 馬屁精/马屁精 (zh) (mǎpìjīng)
- Czech: vlezdoprdelista (cs) m, vlezdoprdelka (cs) m or f
- Dutch: kontkusser
- Finnish: ruskeakielinen
- French: lèche-bottes (fr), lèche-cul (fr), cireur de pompes m, cire-pompes (fr) m or f
- German: Arschkriecher (de) m, Speichellecker (de) m, Schleimer (de) m
- Greek: κωλογλείφτης (el) m (kologleíftis), σφουγγοκωλάριος (el) m (sfoungokolários)
- Hungarian: seggnyaló (hu)
- Indonesian: penjilat (id)
- Italian: leccaculo (it) m, leccapiedi (it) m
- Japanese: ゴマすり (gomasuri)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: wdupowłaz m
- Portuguese: puxa-saco (pt) m or f, lambe-botas (pt) m or f
- Romanian: lingău (ro) m, pupincurist m
- Russian: подхали́м (ru) m (podxalím), лизоблю́д (ru) m (lizobljúd), жополи́з (ru) m (žopolíz)
- Serbo-Croatian: dupelizac (sh), uvlakač
- Spanish: pelota (es) m or f, chupamedias (es) m or f, lameculos (es) m or f, estómago agradecido m, adulón (es) m, adulador (es) m, arrastrado (es) m
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
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brownnose (third-person singular simple present brownnoses, present participle brownnosing, simple past and past participle brownnosed)
- To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.
to flatter in obsequious manner
— see also fawn,
flatter
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 擦鞋 (caat3 haai4), 托大腳/托大脚 (tok3 daai6 goek3)
- Mandarin: 拍馬屁/拍马屁 (zh) (pāi mǎpì), 拍馬/拍马 (zh) (pāimǎ)
- Finnish: mielistellä (fi)
- French: lécher le cul (fr) (vulgar), flagorner (fr) (literary), cirer les pompes (fr) (colloquial), lécher les bottes (fr) (colloquial)
- German: schleimen (de)
- Hungarian: nyal (hu)
- Indonesian: peres (id)
- Italian: leccare il culo (vulgar), leccare i piedi, fare il ruffiano
- Korean: 빨다 (ko) (ppalda) (vulgar)
- Norwegian: smiske, pisse oppetter ryggen, sleike oppetter ryggen
- Polish: włazić w dupę (pl) impf, lizać dupę impf
- Russian: лиза́ть за́дницу (lizátʹ zádnicu)
- Spanish: hacer la pelota, pelotear (es), lamer el culo (es)
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