See brownnose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "ဖော်လံဖား"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
"word": "ゴマすり"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
"tags": [
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
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"word": "lécher les bottes"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "arschkriechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "jemandem in den Arsch kriechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "jemandes Speichel lecken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "schleimen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "nyal"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "peres"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
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"word": "leccare il culo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "leccare i piedi"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "fare il ruffiano"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ppalda",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"tags": [
"vulgar"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "smiske"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "pisse oppetter ryggen"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "sleike oppetter ryggen"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"tags": [
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"word": "włazić w dupę"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
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"word": "lizać dupę"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "lizátʹ zádnicu",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "лиза́ть за́дницу"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
"word": "hacer la pelota"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter in obsequious manner",
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