or brown-nose
transitive verb
brown·nosed, brown·nos·ing, brown·nos·es, or brown-nosed or brown-nos·ing or brown-nos·es InformalTo curry favor with in an obsequious manner; fawn on.
Origin of brownnose
From the image of an obsequious person whose nose becomes soiled with excrement in kissing the buttocks of someone from whom favor is soughtRelated Forms:
- brown′nose′
noun
- brown′nos′er
noun
