Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - toady
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Toady
toady
I. noun (plural toadies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from toadeater Date: 1826 one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors ; sycophant Synonyms: see parasite II. intransitive verb (toadied; ~ing) Date: circa 1859 to behave as a ~ ; engage in sycophancy Synonyms: see fawn • ~ism noun
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1.
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a sycophant; an obsequious hanger-on. --v.tr. & (foll. by to) intr. (-ies, -ied) behave servilely to; fawn upon. Derivatives toadyish adj. toadyism n. Etymology: contr. of toad-eater, a charlatan's attendant who ate toads (regarded as poisonous) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. приживальщик; лизоблюд he was a toady in the presence of those he regarded as his superiors —- он раболепствовал перед теми, кого считал выше себя 2. льстец, подхалим 3. льстить; низкопоклонничать to toady the memory of the dead —- курить мертвым фимиам 4. (to) подольщаться; выслуживаться; подхалимничать to toady to smb. —- заискивать перед кем-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
to выслуживаться; подхалимничать TOADY 1. noun 1) подхалим 2) лизоблюд, приживальщик 2. v. льстить, низкопоклонничать (to) - toady to Syn: see fawn ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
(toadies, toadying, toadied) 1. If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him. VERB: V to n, also V c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~1 n informal someone who pretends to like an important person so that they will help you ~2 v to pretend to like an important person so that they will help you (toadying to the boss) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally refering to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison (1629). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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