[broun-nohz] 
verb, -nosed, -nos⋅ing, noun Slang.| 1. | to curry favor; behave obsequiously. |
| 2. | to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over. |
| 3. | Also, brown-noser. a toady; sycophant. |
| brown·nose or brown-nose (broun'nōz') tr.v. brown·nosed or brown-nosed, brown·nos·ing or brown-nos·ing, brown·nos·es or brown-nos·es Informal To curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on. [From the image of an obsequious person whose nose becomes soiled in kissing the rump of someone from whom favor is sought.] brown'nose' n., brown'nos'er n. |
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