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1 toady
{'toudi}
I. n ласкател, мазник, подлизурко
II. v лаская, подмазвам се, подлизурствувам* * *{'toudi} n ласкател, мазник, подлизурко.(2) {'toudi} v лаская, подмазвам се, подлизурствувам.* * *угодник; блюдолизец; низкопоклонник;* * *1. i. n ласкател, мазник, подлизурко 2. ii. v лаская, подмазвам се, подлизурствувам* * *toady[´toudi] I. n = toad-eater; II. v лаская, блюдолизнича, подлизурствам, лакейнича, подмазвам се, подлизурствам, раболепнича, угоднича; to \toady to s.o. подмазвам се на някого. -
2 toad-eater
{'toudi:tə}
вж. toady* * *{'toudi:tъ} toady.* * *n блюдолизец, подлизурко;toad-eater; toady.* * *вж. toady* * *toad-eater[´toud¸i:tə] n ласкател, подлизурко, блюдолизец, лакей, подмазвач, угодник.
См. также в других словарях:
toady — toady·ish; toady·ism; toady; … English syllables
toady — n *parasite, sycophant, favorite, lickspittle, bootlicker, hanger on, leech, sponge, sponger toady vb *fawn, truckle, cringe, cower Analogous words: *follow, tag, trail, tail: blandish, cajole, wheedle (see COAX) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
toady — [n] sycophant adulator, apple polisher, ass kisser*, backscratcher*, backslapper*, bootlicker*, brownnoser*, doormat, doter, fan, fawner, flatterer, flunky, groupie*, hanger on*, kiss up*, lackey, minion, teacher’s pet, yesperson*; concept 423… … New thesaurus
toady — [tō′dē] n. pl. toadies [short for TOADEATER, quack doctor s assistant who pretended to eat toads (thought to be poisonous) to show the efficacy of quack medicines] a servile flatterer; sycophant, esp. one who does distasteful or unprincipled… … English World dictionary
Toady — Toad y, n.; pl. {Toadies}. [Shortened from toadeater.] 1. A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant. [1913 Webster] Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Toady — Toad y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toadied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toadying}.] To fawn upon with mean sycophancy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
toady — index pander, truckle Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
toady — (n.) servile parasite, 1826, apparently shortened from toad eater fawning flatterer (1742), originally referring to the assistant of a charlatan, who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the … Etymology dictionary
toady — ► NOUN (pl. toadies) ▪ a person who behaves obsequiously towards others. ► VERB (toadies, toadied) ▪ act obsequiously. ORIGIN said to be from toad eater, a charlatan s assistant who ate toads (regarded as poisonous) as a demonstration of the… … English terms dictionary
toady — I UK [ˈtəʊdɪ] / US [ˈtoʊdɪ] noun [countable] Word forms toady : singular toady plural toadies showing disapproval someone who pretends to like a rich or important person in order to get some advantage from them II UK [ˈtəʊdɪ] / US [ˈtoʊdɪ] verb… … English dictionary
toady — toad·y (tō’dē) n. pl. toad·ies ▸ A person who flatters or defers to others for self serving reasons; a sycophant. tr. & intr.v. toad·ied, toad·y·ing, toad·ies ▸ To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at FAWN(Cf. ↑fawn)1 … Word Histories