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toadeat

toadeat verb: to behave in a sycophantic or flattering way towards (someone).

Verb

toadeat (third-person singular simple present toadeats, present participle toadeating, simple past toadate, past participle toadeaten)

  1. (derogatory, transitive) To behave in a sycophantic or flattering way towards (someone).

Forms of toadeat

third-person singular presenttoadeats
present participletoadeating
pasttoadate
past participletoadeaten

Origin of toadeat

Back-formation from toadeater or toadeating.

Questions about toadeat

What does toadeat mean?
Toadeat means to behave in a sycophantic or flattering way towards (someone).
What part of speech is toadeat?
Toadeat is a verb.
What is the past tense of toadeat?
The past tense of toadeat is toadate.

Words near toadeat in the dictionary

  1. toad-stranglers
  2. toadate
  3. toadback
  4. toadbacks
  5. toadbug
  6. toadeat
  7. toadeaten
  8. toadeater
  9. toadeaters
  10. toadeating
  11. toadeats

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