noun, verb
noun (plural toadies) (disapproving) a person who treats sb more important with special kindness or respect in order to gain their favour or help
verb (toadies, toadying, toadied, toadied) [V] ~ (to sb) (disapproving) to treat sb more important with special kindness or respect in order to gain their favour or help:
I'm not prepared to toady to him just to save my job.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for toady is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does toady appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — toady appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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