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toady
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural toadies
plural toadies
Learner's definition of TOADY
[count] informal + disapproving
: a person who praises and helps powerful people in order to get their approval谄媚者；马屁精
- She's a real toady to the boss.她真是老板的马屁精。
2 toady /ˈtoʊdi/ verb
toadies; toadied; toadying
2 toady
/ˈtoʊdi/
verb
toadies; toadied; toadying
Learner's definition of TOADY
[no object] informal + disapproving
: to try to get the approval of someone powerful by saying and doing helpful and friendly things that are not sincere : to be a toady拍马屁；谄媚
- He's always toadying to the boss.他总是对老板溜须拍马。
plural toadies
: one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
toadied; toadying
: to behave as a toady : engage in sycophancy
Did you know?
We can thank old-time toadeaters for toady. In 17th-century Europe, a toadeater was a showman's assistant whose job was to make the boss look good. The toadeater would eat (or pretend to eat) what were supposed to be poisonous toads. The charlatan in charge would then "save" the toad-afflicted assistant by expelling the poison. It's little wonder that such assistants became symbolic of extreme subservience, and that toadeater became a word for any obsequious underling. By the early 1800s, it had been shortened and altered to toady, our current term for a servile self-seeker. By the mid-1800s, toady was also being used as a verb meaning "to engage in sycophancy."
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun She's a real toady to the boss. no one liked the office toady, who spent most of her time complimenting the boss on what a great job he was doing Verb He's always toadying to the boss. a satirical novel about an amoral go-getter who toadies his way to the top of the corporate ladder
Recent Examples on the Web
San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 Some saw her as a toady who was given access because of her reputation for going easy on interviewees. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 After years of being called a Trump toady, the praise must have felt good. Michael D'antonio, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022 Polls show Newsom could be recalled in less than three weeks and a Trump toady installed in his place. Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021 Unlike other directorate heads, the majority of whom could be sorted in a Venn diagram between toady and sadist with broad overlap, Ivan was inherently good-natured. Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 May 2021 Nowadays Wolf’s posts generate pages of comments denouncing him as a fascist and the toady of an authoritarian president-- or praising him as a loyal Trump soldier. Nick Miroff And Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020 Farrow’s walking ego Gaston bursts into the theater from the lobby, trailed as ever by his pal — some would say toady — Lefou (Michael Parisi). Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 18 July 2019 To liken patients to cowering toadies is to patronize them. Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018 P.j. O'rourke, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2016 Instead, most of the film’s first half is devoted to the father’s toadying to his armed superiors while always trying to find a little stray stash for himself. Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2018 For most of the action, the title character is in a coma and we are tossed into the frenzies of the toadying Soviet officials hoping to succeed him. Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Mar. 2018 See More
Noun
Thomas Rowlandson, Frederick George Byron and Isaac Cruikshank — used their pens to paint statesman Edmund Burke as a mere toady to monarchy, and radical activist Thomas Paine as an alcohol-sodden and destabilizing mercenary. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022 Some saw her as a toady who was given access because of her reputation for going easy on interviewees. New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022 After years of being called a Trump toady, the praise must have felt good. Michael D'antonio, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022 Polls show Newsom could be recalled in less than three weeks and a Trump toady installed in his place. Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2021 Unlike other directorate heads, the majority of whom could be sorted in a Venn diagram between toady and sadist with broad overlap, Ivan was inherently good-natured. Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 May 2021 Nowadays Wolf’s posts generate pages of comments denouncing him as a fascist and the toady of an authoritarian president-- or praising him as a loyal Trump soldier. Nick Miroff And Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020 Farrow’s walking ego Gaston bursts into the theater from the lobby, trailed as ever by his pal — some would say toady — Lefou (Michael Parisi). Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 18 July 2019 To liken patients to cowering toadies is to patronize them. Kevin Canfield, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018 Verb
And snobs are accused of toadying to aristocratic types. P.j. O'rourke, Town & Country, 15 Sep. 2016 Instead, most of the film’s first half is devoted to the father’s toadying to his armed superiors while always trying to find a little stray stash for himself. Todd Mccarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2018 For most of the action, the title character is in a coma and we are tossed into the frenzies of the toadying Soviet officials hoping to succeed him. Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Mar. 2018 See More 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
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