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   Brown-nose

   /ˈbrou(n)ˌnōz/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who acts in a grossly obsequious way: "a little brown-noser who wants to make sure I know he's working on Saturday"

   verb

   • 1. curry favor with (someone) by acting in an obsequious way: "academics were brown-nosing the senior faculty"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from an association of subservience with having one’s nose in the anus of a more powerful person.

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   Is brown nose a vulgar term?

   • The term brown-nose has an unsavory origin. Brown-nose came into use in the 1930s in the American armed forces, and is based on the image of the servile position of sticking one’s nose into someone’s anus. Surprisingly, though the idiom has a vulgar origin, the term brown-nose or brownnose is not currently considered to be a vulgar term.

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   What does brown-nose mean?

   • brown-nose meaning, definition, what is brown-nose: to try to make someone in authority like...: Learn more.

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   What does Brown Noser mean?

   • John: He must have just gotten done brown nosing. Get the brown nosing mug. To seek favour by sniffing the bumhole of a superior; hence "Brown-Noser". "Blair brown-noses Bush like a good poodle, hoping to get a profitable lecture tour on retirement." ( Prince Charles in a confidential memo to his secretary, 1998)

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   Is brownnose a compound word?

   • Brown-nose is the preferred spelling according to the Oxford English Dictionary, though the spelling brownnose is becoming more common. Brown-nose is a compound word, which is a word derived from two separate words used together to create another word. A compound is a new word that has a different meaning than the definitions of the original words.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › brown-noseBROWN-NOSE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   brown-nose. verb [ I ] informal us / ˈbraʊn.noʊz / uk / ˈbraʊn.nəʊz /. Add to word list. Add to word list. to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant: The rest of the class were sick of watching him brown-nose.

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     brown-nose definicja: 1. to try too hard to please someone,...

   • Translation to Mandarin Chinese

     brown-nose translations: 拍马屁. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     brown-nose translations: 拍馬屁. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Definition of brown-nose verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   May 22, 2024 · IPA guide. Other forms: brown-nosing. Definitions of brown-nose. verb. flatter with the intention of getting something. synonyms: butter up. see more.

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   brown-nose. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˈbrown-nose verb [ intransitive, transitive] informal to try to make someone in authority like you by being very nice to them – used to show disapproval —brown-noser noun [ countable] —brown-nosing noun [ uncountable] → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus brown-nose ...

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   Brownnose - definition of brownnose by The Free Dictionary. brownnose. Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms . brown·nose. or brown-nose (broun′nōz′) tr.v. brown·nosed, brown·nos·ing, brown·nos·es or brown-nosed or brown-nos·ing or brown-nos·es Informal. To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.

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   BROWNNOSE meaning: to try to get the approval of (an important or powerful person) by praise, flattery, etc.

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   Brown-nose and brownnose are two spellings of an idiom that means to shamelessly flatter someone in order to obtain favor or avoid punishment, to fawn over someone, to be obsequious or subservient. The term brown-nose has an unsavory origin.