English Explanatory Dictionary

frog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
  2. 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.
  3. Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
  4. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
  5. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  6. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
  7. The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
  8. A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
  9. Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
verb
  1. To hunt or trap frogs.
  2. To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
  3. To spatchcock (a chicken).
  4. To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
noun
  1. A French person.
  2. A French-speaking person from Quebec.
noun
  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.
  3. A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
verb
  1. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
verb
  1. To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
verb
  1. To have sex with; fuck.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of frog (“French person”).

Pronunciation

/fɹɒɡ/ /fɹɑɡ/ /fɹɔɡ/ en-us-frog.ogg En-Frog.flac

Word forms

frog frogs frock frosk frosh frogging frogged

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).

Synonyms

road common crossing baguette cheese-eating surrender monkey Frencher Frenchy

Related words

frosh amphibian pad paddock tadpole toad Frenchie

Derived words

African clawed frog African painted frog a frog in one's throat Amazon milk frog Archey's frog arrow-poison frog arum frog Atlantic Coast leopard frog Australian green tree frog Australian ground frog banana frog banjo frog bell frog big-eyed tree frog blue frog blue-sided leaf frog boiling frog brown frog Budgett's frog bullfrog bush frog Cambondo screeching frog carpenter frog Cascades frog Catholic frog Charles Darwin's frog Chinese edible frog chirping frog chorus frog clawed frog claw frog common frog coqui frog corroboree frog crab-eating frog crawfish frog cricket frog Darwin's frog defrog devil frog disc-tongued frog eastern banjo frog edible frog European common brown frog European common frog fine as frog hair finer than frog hair fishing frog fishing-frog flying frog forest green tree frog frogamander frog belly frogbit frog-biting midge frog cheese frog chorus frog drum frogeater frog eater
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