
Meaning of BROWN-NOSE
| Pronunciation: | | brawn nowz
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| | Definition: | | [v] flatter with the intention of getting something |
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| | Synonyms: | | butter up |
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| | See Also: | | blandish, flatter | |
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| | Related Terms: | | apple-polisher, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brownie, clawback, courtier, creature, cringer, dupe, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, groveler, handshaker, helot, instrument, jackal, kowtower, lackey, led captain, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, minion, peon, puppet, serf, slave, spaniel, stooge, suck, sycophant, timeserver, toad, toady, tool, truckler, tufthunter, yes-man |
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