frosh

Meaning

Noun

A frog.

Verb

1. (slang) To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
2. (slang) To damage through incompetence.

Concepts

frosh

fresher

freshman

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɔʃ/

Etymology

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.