(toadies, ~ing, toadied)
1.
If you refer to someone as a ~, 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.
N-COUNT disapproval
2.
If you say that someone is ~ing 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.
They came backstage afterward, cooing and ~ing to him.
VERB: V to n, also V disapproval