frog

A1
US /fɹɑɡ/ UK /fɹɒɡ/
noun verb Freq #4858

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

    Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog

  2. 2
    noun

    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.'

  3. 3
    noun

    A French person.

    Yes. Can't trust the frogs.

  4. 4
    noun

    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.

  5. 5
    verb

    To have sex with; fuck.

    If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

  6. 6
    noun

    any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping

  7. 7
    noun

    a decorative loop of braid or cord

  8. 8
    noun

    a person of French descent

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).

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · a french person. baguettecheese-eating surrender monkeyfrencherfrenchy
6 noun · any of various tailless... anuranbatrachiansalientiantoadtoad frog
Word family
Derived forms bullfrogdefrogfishing-frogfrog's-bitfrog-eaterfrog-eyedfrog-likefrog-marchfrog-speakfrog-stranglerfrog-walkfrogamander
Related forms amphibianfrenchiefroshpadpaddocktadpoletoad

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