toadying
toadying is the present participle and gerund of toady.
Meaning of toady
Verb
toady (third-person singular simple present toadies, present participle toadying, simple past and past participle toadied)
- To behave like a toady (toward someone).
- But bless your hearts, we "ain't so green," though lots of us of all sorts toady you enough certainly, and try to make you think so.1857, [Thomas Hughes], Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- fawn, flannel, suck up, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride, duchess
Noun
toadying (countable and uncountable, plural toadyings)
- The obsequious behavior of a toady; sycophancy.
Forms of toadying
| plural | toadyings |
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Questions about toadying
- What does toadying mean?
- Toadying means the obsequious behavior of a toady; sycophancy.
- What is toadying the present participle and gerund of?
- Toadying is the present participle and gerund of toady.
- What part of speech is toadying?
- Toadying is a noun.
- What is the plural of toadying?
- The plural of toadying is toadyings.
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