English Explanatory Dictionary

bloody noun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.

Word forms

bloody noun bloody nouns bloody-noun bloodynoun

Etymology

From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".

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