Usually means: Flatter excessively to gain favor.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word brown-nose:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. brown-nose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. brown-nose, brown-nose: Collins English Dictionary
  3. brown-nose: Vocabulary.com
  4. brown-nose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. brown-nose: Wiktionary
  6. brown-nose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. brown-nose: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. brown-nose: Dictionary.com
  9. brown-nose: Rhymezone
  10. brown-nose: FreeDictionary.org
  11. brown-nose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. brown-nose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brown-nose: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. brown-nose: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. brown-nose: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Brown-Nose: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Alternative spelling of brownnose [(figurative) One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of brownnose [To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.]

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