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toady

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈtəʊ.di/Part of speech verb, nounSorted adotyStarts with TEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering

Word origin

From a shortening of toadeater + -y.

Used in a sentence

  • "Go on, Hiram, show 'em what you can do," urged Luke Fodick, who was a sort of toady to Hiram Shell, the school bully, if ever there was one.
  • But how could she have helped herself? I asked, imagining the sneers and the laughter, the adulation of the toadies, the scepticism of the professional poet.
  • Come 20 January, [Donald] Trump and his toadies – including billionaires such as Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – will have total control over the executive branch of the United States government.

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