Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense toadies, present participle toadying, past tense, past participle toadied
1N-COUNT 谄媚者;马屁精 If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 谄媚者;马屁精 [disapproval]
2VERB 奉承;谄媚;拍马 If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 奉承;谄媚;拍马 [disapproval] [Also VERB]
They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him. [VERB + to]