toady
toady · toadies
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A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile…A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
Meaning
2 senses(derogatory)A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
Arschkriecher, Schleimer
подли́заpodlíza, подхали́мpodxalím
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
(archaic)A coarse, rustic woman.
Examples
4 sentencesI see you brought your toady along.
Carmen only bakes the bosses' favourite cake to toady up to him.
Tom is a toady.
Aristotle was toadying up to the Macedonian monarchy.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sycophant flattering others to gain personal advantage:
Origin
From a shortening of toadeater + -y.From a shortening of toadeater + -y.
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