Definition of "toady" [toad•y]

• A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant. (noun)
• To be a toady to or behave like a toady. See Synonyms at fawn1. (verb-transitive)

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• "Apparently Brian Kilmeade, the toady, is taking the words of Roger Ailes to heart and wants to secure his job."
• "That quote doesn’t work if the person delivering the message is a toady from the opposition."
• "I is teh pryvayte doody nurse aka toady and slave fer Teh Dawter, who is having teh yooyooal post-surgery paynes."