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Noun: toady  tow-dee
  1. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
    - sycophant, crawler, lackey, lacquey
Verb: toady  tow-dee
  1. Try to gain favour by cringing or flattering
    "He is always toadying to his boss";
    - fawn, truckle, bootlick [informal], kowtow, kotow, suck up [informal], smoodge [Austral, informal]

Sounds like: toad, toed, toad

Derived forms: toadies, toadied, toadying

Type of: adulator, blandish, flatter, flatterer

Encyclopedia: Toady