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brownnoses
English
Noun
brownnoses
- plural of brownnose
Verb
brownnoses
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brownnose
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brownnose
English
Etymology
brown +? nose; scatological.
Pronunciation
Noun
brownnose (plural brownnoses)
- (figuratively) One who brownnoses; 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, p126
- 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, p13
- 'I know, he's a natural brownnose. I guess he does have some talents.'
- 2010 Joseph Morse, Gods of Ruin: A Political Thriller, p46
- You don't have to be such a brownnose, at least not to me.
- 1997 Ulrich Herbert, Hitler's foreign workers: enforced foreign labor in Germany under the Third Reich, Cambridge University Press, p126
Synonyms
- brown noser
Translations
Verb
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.
Related terms
- brownnoser, brown noser, brown-noser
Translations
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