Meaning of TOADY
| Pronunciation: | | 'towdee
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- [n] a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
- [v] tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
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| | Synonyms: | | bootlick, crawler, fawn, kotow, kowtow, lackey, suck up, sycophant, truckle |
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| | See Also: | | adulator, apple polisher, ass-kisser, blandish, bootlicker, court favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favour, fawner, flatter, flatterer, goody-goody, groveler, groveller, truckler | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Toad"y\, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.]
1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
Before I had been standing at the window five
minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were
all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens.
2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
\Toad"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Toadying}.]
To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.
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