brownnose

Etymology

 * scatological.

Noun

 * 1)  One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 擦鞋仔
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: vlezdoprdelista, vlezdoprdelka
 * Dutch: kontkusser
 * Finnish: ruskeakielinen
 * French:, , cireur de pompes,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 胡麻擂り
 * Latvian:
 * Polish: wdupowłaz
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, pupincurist
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:, uvlakač
 * Spanish:, , , estómago agradecido, , ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1) To flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 擦鞋, 托大腳
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:,  ,  ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: leccare il culo, leccare i piedi, fare il ruffiano
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian: smiske, pisse oppetter ryggen, sleike oppetter ryggen
 * Polish:, lizać dupę
 * Russian: лиза́ть за́дницу
 * Spanish: hacer la pelota, ,