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frog en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

Meanings

  1. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
    • 1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and say vnto him; Thus sayeth the Lord, Let my people goe, that they may serue me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them goe, beholde, I will smite all thy borders with frogges. 3 And the riuer shall bring foorth frogges abundantly, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes. 4 And the frogges shall come vp both on thee, and vpon thy people, and vpon all thy seruants. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:1–4:
    • Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog 2008, Tom Martin, “Black Metal Sucks” (0:26 from the start), in Toxic Zombie Onslaught, performed by Lich King, San Jose: Stormspell Records:
  2. (often, specifically) Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop. ▸ A member of this class that is not a toad.
  3. 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.
  4. (Cockney, slang) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
  5. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
  6. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  7. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
  8. The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
  9. A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
    • `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.' 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40:
  10. (Malaysia, derogatory, slang) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.

Forms

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frogs Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

toad · sole

Deriveds

gopher frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · corroboree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · shad frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Cambondo screeching frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · ghost frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · temple tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog galvanoscope (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogpond (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · pickerel frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-like (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · cricket frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Amazon milk frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog spawn (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogness (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog speak (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogpole (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · edible frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · wire frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Atlantic Coast leopard frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · male frog test (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog in one's throat (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogly (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog belly (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog eater (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froggery (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · boiling frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · pool frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · spotted chirping frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog sticker (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leap-frogged (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · squashed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · a frog in one's throat (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froglike (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · blue-sided leaf frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · banjo frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · pig frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-biting midge (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · brown frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · green frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog legs (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · New Zealand frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogbit (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · bullfrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · fishing-frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog in one's pocket (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tapir frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog hair (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · fine as frog hair (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froggo (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog kick (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Lake Titicaca frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Frog (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Seychelles frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leapfrogged (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · rain frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · squirrel frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · hairy frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · werefrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · goliath frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Cascades frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · marsupial frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leaf frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogmarch (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog march (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · devil frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · turtle frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog lily (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · orange-thighed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · horned frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · mist frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · true frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogged (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog-strangler (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Archey's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · flying frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogging (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Maud Island frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · finer than frog hair (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · shrinking frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · clawed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog in a sock (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogless (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · glass frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · sandhill frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · European common brown frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tongueless frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · music frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Malabar flying frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Frog Rock (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · forest green tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog kingdom (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Hochstetter's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Myers' poison frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leap frog test (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · step on a frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · snouted frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leap-frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogspawn (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tailed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Budgett's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogeater (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog face (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · shovelnose frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · yellow-legged frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-eyed (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogfish (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · screeching frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogstool (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogsome (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leap-frog test (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Darwin's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leap frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · shrub frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · arrow-poison frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leopard frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · water frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · parsley frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Chinese edible frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · sheep frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · chirping frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · White's tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Tukeit Hill frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · wood frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · white frog orchid (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Hula painted frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Frogland (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Titicaca frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · litter frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · crab-eating frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-eater (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-eye salad (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Hamilton's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-march (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · fishing frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · robber frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Titicaca water frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogsicle (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leapfrogging (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog jump (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogling (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · New Jersey chorus frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · scrotum frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · bell frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · waterfrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Frog-speak (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · wrinkled frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog drum (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog view (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · sedge frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · whipping frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leapfrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Pacman frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · marsh frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · banana frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogmouth (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogess (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · froghood (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · European common frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogdom (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog in a well (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · crawfish frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Australian green tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Kermit the Frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · paradoxical frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · southern banjo frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · eastern banjo frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogkind (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Frogs Hollow (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · carpenter frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog's-bit (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · big-eyed tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog cheese (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · red-legged frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Gardiner's Seychelles frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog orchid (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogman (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · smoky jungle frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · narrow-mouthed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · mink frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog spit (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · stick frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Wuyi sharp-nosed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogskin (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · moss frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-legged beetle (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · goose frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog wedding (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog's legs (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Catholic frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogitis (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · arum frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froghopper (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogese (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frog-walk (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Gaboon forest frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froggy (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · coqui frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · blue frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Vietnamese mossy frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Froggy (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Charles Darwin's frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · leapfrog test (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Tarahumara frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · giant banjo frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · African clawed frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · spot-legged poison frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · stick-frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · poison dart frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · chorus frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · defrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogger (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · Santander poison frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · have a frog in one's throat (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · bush frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · painted frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Mashpi glass frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tropical frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog chorus (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · froggish (Suffixed forms of frog [noun]) · frogeyed (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogamander (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · long-fingered frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · common frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · African painted frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · green big-eyed tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · poison arrow frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frogeye (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · green tree frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · river frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tomato frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · sea frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · fro yo frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · grass frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · claw frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · giant frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog pose (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · mistfrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog pond (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · tusked frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · night frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · hip pocket frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · marbled frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · ice frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog-speak (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · greenhouse frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · squirrel tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · midwife frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · frog spittle (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · Australian ground frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · treefrog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · holy cross frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]) · disc-tongued frog (Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun])

Descendants

frog · biráoki · biraoki · poloka · fuhrohk · būrọk · frogo · fohrohk

Hypernyms

anuran · animal · organism · organism · amphibian · vertebrate · lissamphibian · batrachian · vertebrate · lissamphibian · creature · creature · animal · amphibian

Relateds

tadpole · pad · amphibian · toad · batrachian · paddock · frosh · anuran

Synonyms

road · batrachian · anuran · batrachian · anuran · common crossing

Translations (417)

fo froskur (amphibian) · wuu 青蛙 (amphibian) · csb żaba (amphibian) · rif aqarqriw (amphibian) · hi दादुर (amphibian) · lb Fräsch (amphibian) · zh 四跤魚 /四跤鱼 (amphibian) · nv chʼał (amphibian) · br ran (amphibian) · eu igel (amphibian) · zh 肚蛙 (amphibian) · mnc ᡝᡵᡥᡝ (amphibian) · fa وَک (amphibian) · te మండూకము (amphibian) · sce bagva (amphibian) · mi peketua (amphibian) · fy kikkert (amphibian) · ml തവള (amphibian) · tg қурбоққа (amphibian) · crh suvbaqa (amphibian) · hu nyír (organ in a horse’s foot) · gl escorzo (amphibian) · ar ضفدع (amphibian) · pl strzałka (organ in a horse’s foot) · ar ضفدع (amphibian) · af kikvors (amphibian) · ca granota (amphibian) · apw dlǫ'ishtłohé (amphibian) · mai बेङ (amphibian) · ga frog (organ in a horse’s foot) · et konn (amphibian) · mi pepeketua (amphibian) · pox zobo (amphibian) · evn бадялаки (amphibian) · ab адаӷь (amphibian) · nl kikker (amphibian) · ro brotac (amphibian) · el βάτραχος (amphibian) · aho 𑜀𑜤𑜆𑜫 (amphibian) · omq-tel dzahua (amphibian) · mn ᠮᠡᠨᠡᠬᠡᠢ (amphibian) · br glesker (amphibian) · kix lǖkîu (amphibian) · ami rakorako (amphibian) · vi ngoé (amphibian) · bg жа́ба (amphibian) · fy froask (amphibian) · mg sahona (amphibian) · hy գորտ (amphibian) · es rana (amphibian) · az qurbağa (amphibian) · gv rannag (amphibian) · cim vrosch (amphibian) · zh 田蛤仔 (amphibian) · ang frosc (amphibian) · bal پگل (amphibian) · abe chegwal (amphibian) · scn giurana (amphibian) · tr kurbağa (amphibian) · kjj кьуркьор (amphibian) · kl naraseq (amphibian) · cr ᒥᐢᑕᔦᐠ (amphibian) · lo ກົບ (amphibian) · ach ogwal (amphibian) · ast xaronca (amphibian) · mnc ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠯᡳ (amphibian) · yo àkèré (amphibian) · kla kow'e (amphibian) · ru жа́ба (amphibian) · wuu 田雞 /田鸡 (amphibian) · sma tsååbpe (amphibian) · kls maḍrák (amphibian) · ak apɔtorɔ (amphibian) · id kodok (amphibian) · rup broascã (amphibian) · grc χελιδών (organ in a horse’s foot) · xal меклә (amphibian) · tl palaka (amphibian) · chc ararai (amphibian) · kmr beq (amphibian) · ga loscann (amphibian) · cim bross (amphibian) · chr ᏕᎧ (amphibian) · se cuoppu (amphibian) · sk žaba (amphibian) · rcf gronouy (amphibian) · lld crot (amphibian) · oj omakakii (amphibian) · cu ⰶⰰⰱⰰ (amphibian) · hu béka (organ in a horse’s foot) · arc ܝܩܪܘܪܐ (amphibian) · sv groda (amphibian) · mww qav (amphibian) · hi मेंडुक (amphibian) · hi मेंढकी (amphibian) · as ভেঁকোলা (amphibian) · qu racak (amphibian) · pa ਡੱਡੂ (amphibian) · ady хьантӏаркъу (amphibian) · ha kwaɗo (amphibian) · zh лэгуазы (amphibian) · ur مینْڈَھک (amphibian) · mk жаба (amphibian) · an anura (amphibian) · fa بَک (amphibian) · xh ixoxo (amphibian) · mh būro̧k (amphibian) · ba баҡа (amphibian) · agr kuwau (amphibian) · tmr אַקְרוֹקָא (amphibian) · ttt bəq (amphibian) · sh žȁba (amphibian) · mel belakuhiek (amphibian) · kxd katak (amphibian) · ms katak (amphibian) · mzn وک (amphibian) · fr fourchette (organ in a horse’s foot) · da frosch (end of a string instrument’s bow) · wo mbeexeer (amphibian) · nl straal (organ in a horse’s foot) · krl šlöpöi (amphibian) · it tallone (end of a string instrument’s bow) · fa قورْباغِه (amphibian) · lv naģe (amphibian) · ja 轍叉 (part of a railway) · hu sínkeresztezés (part of a railway) · vi ếch (amphibian) · zza qırêncıle (diq) (amphibian) · gl carranco (amphibian) · hu horony (the depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick) · ru лягу́шка (amphibian) · crh baqa (amphibian) · pdc Frosch (amphibian) · ay k'ayra (amphibian) · ar ضِفْدِع (amphibian) · aau kior (amphibian) · th กบ (amphibian) · tly вазах (amphibian) · wyi ngarrert (amphibian) · vo frog (amphibian) · ryu あたびちゃー (amphibian) · hu bemélyedés (the depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick) · it rana (amphibian) · iu ᓇᑲᓱᖕᓇᖅᑐᖅ (amphibian) · zh 蛤仔 (amphibian) · urh ogoro (amphibian) · sco puddock (amphibian) · it bivio (part of a railway) · sh жа́бац (amphibian) · bo སྦལ་པ (amphibian) · zh 青蛙 (amphibian) · ota قوربغه (amphibian) · sw chura (amphibian) · khb ᦷᦂᧇ (amphibian) · so rah (amphibian) · hi मेंडक (amphibian) · nhn cueyatl (amphibian) · cr ᐊᔩᐠ (amphibian) · ckb بۆق (amphibian) · ltg vardive (amphibian) · nn frosk (amphibian) · fi säde (organ in a horse’s foot) · mr बेडूक (amphibian) · ast rana (amphibian) · lo ອື່ງ (amphibian) · pot mekchako (amphibian) · hi मंडूक (amphibian) · gd muile-mhàg (amphibian) · lv kunna (amphibian) · ar جران (amphibian) · tmr אַקְרוֹקְתָא (amphibian) · zh 蹄叉 (organ in a horse’s foot) · myv ватракш (amphibian) · sva აფხვ (amphibian) · bdr bonong (amphibian) · wal shodhdhiya (amphibian) · mwr मींडकौ (amphibian) · yo kọ̀ǹkọ̀ (amphibian) · zh 四跤仔 (amphibian) · ace cangguk (amphibian) · av къверкъ (amphibian) · toi cula (amphibian) · ht krapo (amphibian) · mi pepeke (amphibian) · vec ràna (amphibian) · sl žaba (amphibian) · si මැඬියා (amphibian) · ur مینْڈُک (amphibian) · wyi yorne (amphibian) · mic atagali (amphibian) · gld хэрэ (amphibian) · mfe grenouy (amphibian) · skb กั๊บ (amphibian) · lv naga stars (organ in a horse’s foot) · eo rano (amphibian) · hu szívdarab (part of a railway) · pam tugak (amphibian) · de Kreuzungsherzstück (part of a railway) · sh žábac (amphibian) · gni woogoo (amphibian) · ckb قورواق (amphibian) · bh 𑂥𑂵𑂑 (amphibian) · mn мэлхий (amphibian) · bla matsiyíkkapisaa- (amphibian) · smn cuábui (amphibian) · fi sammakko (amphibian) · yue 青蛙 (amphibian) · pl żaba (amphibian) · be жа́ба (amphibian) · cr ᐊᔩᑭᓯᐢ (amphibian) · grc βάτραχος (amphibian) · ru крестови́на (part of a railway) · hak 𧊅仔 (amphibian) · bbl ფჰ̡იტ (amphibian) · tyz côp (amphibian) · blt ꪶꪀꪚ (amphibian) · arc ܥܩܪܘܩܐ (amphibian) · de Strahl (organ in a horse’s foot) · zh 杜蝛仔 (amphibian) · rm rauna (amphibian) · egy q:r:r-I7 (amphibian) · kbd хьэндыркъуакъуэ (amphibian) · ja(amphibian) · nys kwooyar (amphibian) · bdr epak (amphibian) · cy broga (amphibian) · ug پاقا (amphibian) · fr grenouille (amphibian) · tsg ambak (amphibian) · gl(amphibian) · kn ಕಪ್ಪೆ (amphibian) · hu csúcsbetét (part of a railway) · cs žabka (end of a string instrument’s bow) · tg қурбоқа (amphibian) · zh 田僑 /田侨 (amphibian) · fa وَک (amphibian) · as বেং (amphibian) · ja カエル (amphibian) · za goep (amphibian) · km កង្កែប (amphibian) · is froskur (amphibian) · ur مینْڈْھکی (amphibian) · lv varde (amphibian) · sh жа̏ба (amphibian) · it nasetto (end of a string instrument’s bow) · cy gwennol (organ in a horse’s foot) · ja かはづ (amphibian) · pt(amphibian) · eve эрики (amphibian) · yi זשאַבע (amphibian) · de Herzstück (part of a railway) · ppl kalat (amphibian) · bn ব্যাঙ (amphibian) · pdt Pogg (nds) (amphibian) · mis-tnw lɛ²⁴pa⁴⁴xa⁴² (amphibian) · xda gutat (amphibian) · mba bakbak (amphibian) · cv шапа (amphibian) · mnw ၚဴ (amphibian) · ccc kujpawa'to (amphibian) · myv ведь ватракш (amphibian) · es nuez (end of a string instrument’s bow) · os хӕфс (amphibian) · nb frosk (amphibian) · is froskur (end of a string instrument’s bow) · sq dallëndyshe (organ in a horse’s foot) · ko 개구리 (amphibian) · arc ܦܩܥܐ (amphibian) · haw poloka (amphibian) · pag patang (amphibian) · arc ܐܘܪܕܥܐ (amphibian) · ga froga (part of a railway) · su bangkong (amphibian) · aii ܦܸܩܥܵܐ (amphibian) · mic sqolj (amphibian) · oc granolha (amphibian) · gug kururu (amphibian) · lmw kolóolo (amphibian) · kk құрбақа (amphibian) · ee akpɔkplɔ (amphibian) · ceb baki (amphibian) · ar ضِفْدَع (amphibian) · fur crot (amphibian) · jv kodhok (amphibian) · he צְפַרְדֵעַ (amphibian) · af padda (amphibian) · ccp 𑄝𑄬𑄋𑄴 (amphibian) · cho shukʋtti (amphibian) · fa غوک (amphibian) · ka ბაყაყი (amphibian) · wym hūć (amphibian) · tcy ಕಪ್ಪೆ (amphibian) · am እንቁራሪት (amphibian) · te కప్ప (amphibian) · yi פֿראָש (amphibian) · ta தவளை (amphibian) · ngu atemotl (amphibian) · zh 田雞 /田鸡 (amphibian) · cu жаба (amphibian) · ar ضَفْدَع (amphibian) · or ବେଁଗ (amphibian) · mag 𑂥𑂵𑂑 (amphibian) · gl zampesa (amphibian) · lij ræna (amphibian) · com pasawíʔo (amphibian) · ru стре́лка (organ in a horse’s foot) · zh 大肚仔魚 /大肚仔鱼 (amphibian) · de Frosch (end of a string instrument’s bow) · scn rarunchia (amphibian) · xdk gunggun (amphibian) · gu દેડકો (amphibian) · qu kaira (amphibian) · la rāna (amphibian) · gl estrosa (amphibian) · fa بَقَه قُورْبَاغَه (amphibian) · haw lana (amphibian) · gl arrán (amphibian) · ar بقرور (amphibian) · mhr ужава (amphibian) · aer antyetyerre (amphibian) · xpq kopayáhs (amphibian) · rhg beng (amphibian) · nci cueyatl (amphibian) · oc granhòta (amphibian) · hu sínkereszt (part of a railway) · bkd bakbak (amphibian) · as ভেঁকুলী (amphibian) · da frø (amphibian) · kw kwilkyn (amphibian) · eo frogo (part of a railway) · enm frogge (amphibian) · de Frosch (amphibian) · shn ၵူပ်း (amphibian) · tpi rokrok (amphibian) · tyv пага (amphibian) · dsb žaba (amphibian) · rgn ranòcia (amphibian) · cy bywyn (organ in a horse’s foot) · nl puntstuk (part of a railway) · nod ᨠᩫ᩠ᨷ (amphibian) · srn dyompometi (amphibian) · yo ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ (amphibian) · uk жа́ба (amphibian) · zea puut (amphibian) · ps چونګښه (amphibian) · uz qurbaqa (amphibian) · uli kaayriu (amphibian) · fr hausse (end of a string instrument’s bow) · jv kodok (amphibian) · iso ogoro (amphibian) · cy llyffant (amphibian) · ti እንቁርዖብ (amphibian) · jje ᄀᆞᆯ개비 (amphibian) · gd losgann (amphibian) · bh मेढक (amphibian) · om fattee (amphibian) · dz སྦལཔ (amphibian) · io rano (amphibian) · qu jamp'atu (amphibian) · kld gindjurra (amphibian) · pa ڈڈو (amphibian) · ar جرانة (amphibian) · wrh gulaangga (amphibian) · ga frog (amphibian) · ky бака (amphibian) · sa भेक (amphibian) · vi nhái (amphibian) · hsb žaba (amphibian) · id jarum wesel (part of a railway) · fr cœur (part of a railway) · acm عكروك (amphibian) · unm chahkol (amphibian) · ur مینْڈَک (amphibian) · de Weichenherz (part of a railway) · sa मण्डूक (amphibian) · lt varlė (amphibian) · hu béka (amphibian) · lut waq̓waq̓ (amphibian) · ro broască (amphibian) · tt бака (amphibian) · yue 蛤𧊅 (amphibian) · zh 水雞 /水鸡 (amphibian) · mdh babak (amphibian) · orv жаба (amphibian) · bcl talapang (amphibian) · cjs паға (amphibian) · ny chule (amphibian) · sah баҕа (amphibian) · tk gurbaga (amphibian) · tyj kô̄p (amphibian) · ksw ဒ့ၣ် (amphibian) · bua баха (amphibian) · hi मेंढक (amphibian) · fa چَغَز (amphibian) · ce пхьид (amphibian) · ppl calat (amphibian) · hu kápa (end of a string instrument’s bow) · sq bretkosë (amphibian) · cs žába (amphibian) · mi poroka (amphibian) · sv stråle (organ in a horse’s foot) · inc-oas বেঙ্গ (amphibian) · rgn ranòcc (amphibian) · nl kikvors (amphibian) · yue 蛤乸 (amphibian) · it fettone (organ in a horse’s foot) · egy a-b-x:n-F27 (amphibian) · nrf raînotte (amphibian) · ady хьантыкъуакъу (amphibian) · my ဖား (amphibian) · mrw babak (amphibian) · cr ᐊᔩᑭᐢ (amphibian) · mt żrinġ (amphibian) · lv pārmijas krustenis (part of a railway) · rup broatic (amphibian) · chr ᏩᎶᏏ (amphibian) · gl agano (amphibian)

wikidata: Q53636 · wikidata: Q53636

frog en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

Meanings

  1. To hunt or trap frogs.
  2. (transitive) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
  3. (transitive) To spatchcock (a chicken).
  4. (intransitive) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

frog stitch

frog en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, slur) A French person.
    • Yes. Can't trust the frogs. 1982 November 18, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Challenge”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
  2. (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogs Number=Plur lexicographic
Frog alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

froggy · frogess · froggish · froglet

Relateds

Frenchie

Synonyms

cheese-eating surrender monkey · Frencher · Frenchy · baguette

Translations (12)

es franchute (derogatory: French person) · hu békaevő (derogatory: French person) · hu csigaevő (derogatory: French person) · ru жабое́д (derogatory: French person) · ru лягуша́тник (derogatory: French person) · yi זשאַבעטע (derogatory: French person) · hu békazabáló (derogatory: French person) · da frøæder (derogatory: French person) · yi זשאַבע (derogatory: French person) · gl gavacho (derogatory: French person) · pl żabojad (derogatory: French person) · es gabacho (derogatory: French person)

frog en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

Meanings

  1. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
  2. An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
    • The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe. 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:
  3. A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogs Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (16)

es alamar (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu markolatszíj (a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt) · cs závěsník (a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt) · hu zsinór (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · fi nappi nyörikoristeineen (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · pt alamar (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · it alamaro (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · ru пе́тля (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu szuronypapucs (a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt) · ca alamara (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu zsinórozás (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · ota چاپراز (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu sujtás (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu mentezsinór (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · fr brandebourg (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop) · hu portepé (a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt)

frog en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

Meanings

  1. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frogging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past lexicographic

frog en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to “rip it”.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past lexicographic
frogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frogging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

frog en · VERB · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /fɹɔɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɑɡ/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Canada)
  • /fɹɑɡ/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /fɾɔɡ/ (Scotland)
  • (US) audio
  • /fɹɔɡ/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
  • [fɹɔ̟ɡ] (New-Zealand)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /fɹɒɡ/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar) To have sex with; fuck.
    • If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
frogging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frogged Tense=Past lexicographic
frogs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic