transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtəudɪ ]
n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a sycophant; an obsequious hanger-on. --v.tr. & (foll. by to) intr. (-ies, -ied) behave servilely to; fawn upon. øøtoadyish adj. toadyism n. [contr. of toad-eater, a charlatan's attendant who ate toads (regarded as poisonous)]