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noun | verb toadytoady1 /ˈtoʊdi/ noun (plural toadies) [countable] ETYMOLOGYtoady1Origin: 1800-1900 toadeater helper of a seller of medicines who pretended to eat toads (thought to be poisonous) to prove the value of the medicine (17-19 centuries) informal disapproving someone who pretends to like an important person and does whatever that person wants, especially in order to gain an advantage in the future [Origin: 1800–1900 toadeater helper of a seller of medicines who pretended to eat toads (thought to be poisonous) to prove the value of the medicine (17–19 centuries)] noun | verb toadytoady2 verb (, toadied, toadying) VERB TABLEtoady |
Present | I, you, we, they | toady | | he, she, it | toadies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | toadied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have toadied | | he, she, it | has toadied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had toadied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will toady | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have toadied |
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Present | I | am toadying | | he, she, it | is toadying | | you, we, they | are toadying | Past | I, he, she, it | was toadying | | you, we, they | were toadying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been toadying | | he, she, it | has been toadying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been toadying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be toadying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been toadying |
toady to somebody phrasal verb disapproving to pretend to like an important person and do whatever he or she wants so that he or she will help you or like you—toadying (also toadyism) noun disapproving |