toady : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: toady	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for toady
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
toady n a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage Synonym(s): sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kisser v try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" Synonym(s): fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toady \Toad"y\, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.] 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs. --Dickens. 2. A coarse, rustic woman. [R.] --Sir W. Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Toady \Toad"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toadying}.] To fawn upon with mean sycophancy.