toadˈy noun

1. A sycophant, an obsequious flatterer
2. A toadfish (Aust informal)

To fawn on and flatter like a sycophant

toadˈyish adjective

toadˈyism noun

toadˈ-eater noun (archaic)

A toady, a fawning sycophant, orig a mountebank's assistant, whose duty was to swallow, or pretend to swallow, toads

toadˈ-eating noun

Sycophancy

adjective

Sycophantic

toadˈfish noun

Any of several toadlike fish of the Batrachoidiae family, with wide mouths, large heads and tapering bodies

toadˈflax noun

Any species of Linaria, a genus closely related to the snapdragon, with flaxlike leaves

toad-in-the-holeˈ noun

A dish orig of beef, now usu sausage meat, cooked in batter

toadˈrush or toadˈgrass noun

A low rush (Juncus bufonius) with mostly solitary flowers

toad spit or toad spittle noun

Cuckoo-spit

toadˈ-spotted adjective

Thickly stained or spotted like a toad

toadˈstone noun

1. A stone formerly believed to be found in a toad's head, and valued as an amulet
2. A basalt lava found in Carboniferous limestone in Derbyshire (so called perhaps because of its toadlike markings, but possibly from German totes Gestein dead stone, from the lead-miner's point of view)

toadˈstool noun

1. Any of several spore-producing, poisonous, umbrella-shaped fungi
2. Any capped fungi incl the edible mushroom and poisonous toadstool (old rare)