See brownnose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
"word": "penjilat"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "leccaculo"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
"word": "ゴマすり"
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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"sense": "one who brownnoses",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "cirer les pompes"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"tags": [
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"word": "lécher les bottes"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"word": "schleimen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"word": "nyal"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"word": "peres"
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{
"code": "it",
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"word": "leccare il culo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "leccare i piedi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"word": "fare il ruffiano"
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"roman": "ppalda",
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"word": "smiske"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"word": "pisse oppetter ryggen"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"word": "sleike oppetter ryggen"
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"lang": "Polish",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"word": "hacer la pelota"
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"word": "pelotear"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "lamer el culo"
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"word": "brownnose"
}
Download raw JSONL data for brownnose meaning in English (11.8kB)
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