[
UK
/tˈəʊdi/
]
NOUN
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
VERB
-
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
He is always kowtowing to his boss
How To Use toady In A Sentence
- Apparently Brian Kilmeade, the toady, is taking the words of Roger Ailes to heart and wants to secure his job. Think Progress » VIDEO: Sen. Levin and Fox Anchor in On-Air Scuffle Over Iraq Plan
- She was always toadying to the boss, but she didn't get a promotion out of it!
- I admit he can be fearfully blunt at times, but surely that's better than being a toady?
- The former may give practical recognition of entire equality, to the best of his ability, but it will avail nothing, for the latter will not "toady" to his friend, nor be "patronized" by him. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays
- And this kind of toady has an exquisite _flair_ for your greatness and dignity the moment he becomes quite sure of your pecuniary willingness to back both. The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891
- It's a story about jealous and weak leaders toadying up to the current world power to effect the destruction of a source of truth who is troubling their comfort zone.
- Even by the standards of the Victorians, who had a pretty high tolerance level for toadying, this is slimy stuff.
- So, if your daughter has a phallic toady lovie then, duh, your son gets a furry beaver lovie. Ask Me About My Beaver | Her Bad Mother
- Mrs. Bennet, with her crudities and bullying and toadying, had caused the young men to flee in terror.
- Should I make some amusing reference to a recent out-of-school meeting, or will the teacher think I'm a toady?
