英语词汇“toady”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

toadytoady1 /ˈtoʊdi/ noun (plural toadies) [countable]

ETYMOLOGYtoady¹

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)

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 (toadies, toadied, toadying)

VERB TABLE

toady

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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