frog
Meaning
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- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.
- (slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- (slang) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
Synonyms
green frog
toad frog
any kind
low life
French person
poisonous insect
grass frog
scum bag
Frog Mouth
sonofobitch
crumb bum
smacko
crum-bum
ass maggot
sona'bitch'u
ratink
crum
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɹɒɡ/
Etymology
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk fraug (“frog”), Old Norse frauki. Related also to English frosk (“frog”), frosh (“frog”), and frock (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”).
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