dalkavuk, kuyruk sallayıcı, yağcı

Turkish - English

Definition of dalkavuk, kuyruk sallayıcı, yağcı in Turkish English dictionary

{i} toady

To behave like a toady (to someone)

{f} flatter in the hope of gaining favor, fawn upon

disapproval 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

A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

To behave like a toady (to someone.)

disapproval 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. They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him. toadies someone who pretends to like an important person and does things for them, so that that person will help them - used to show disapproval. toadied toadying toadies to pretend to like an important person and do things for them, so that they will help you - used to show disapproval toady to

A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage

A coarse, rustic woman

try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"

To fawn upon with mean sycophancy

{i} flatterer, sycophant, parasite

Hyphenation

dal·ka·vuk, kuy·ruk sal·la·yı·cı, yağ·cı