frog
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹɒɡ/Category:English 1-syllable words#FROGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FROG
- (US) IPA(key): /fɹɑɡ/, /fɹɔɡ/Category:English 1-syllable words#FROGCategory:English 1-syllable words#FROGCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FROG
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FROGAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɡ, -ɔːɡCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒɡ#FROGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒɡ/1 syllable#FROGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔːɡ#FROGCategory:Rhymes:English/ɔːɡ/1 syllable#FROG
Etymology 1
The frog (etymology 1, noun sense 2) of a violin bow.
The frog (etymology 1, noun sense 5) of a horse's hoof (dark triangular portion of bottom of hoof).
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Some frog (etymology 1, noun sense 6) designs ("part of railroad switch").
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#FROGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#FROG frogge, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#FROGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#FROG frocga, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#FROGCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FROG *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 GreekCategory:English terms calqued from Ancient Greek#FROGCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#FROG βάτραχος (bátrakhos).
Alternative forms
Noun
frog (plural frogs)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English nouns#FROGCategory:English countable nouns#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
- 2008, Tom Martin, “Black Metal Sucks” (0:26 from the start), in Toxic Zombie Onslaught, performed by Lich King, San Jose: Stormspell Records:
- Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frogCategory:English terms with quotations#FROG
- (musicCategory:en:Musical instruments#FROG) 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.
- (Cockney rhyming slangCategory:Cockney rhyming slang#FROG) Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- Coordinate term: sole
- (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#FROG) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- Synonym: common crossing
- (rail transportCategory:en:Rail transportation#FROG) The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
- (fishingCategory:en:Fishing#FROG) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
- 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40:
- `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'Category:English terms with quotations#FROG
- (politicsCategory:en:Politics#FROG, slangCategory:English slang#FROG, derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#FROG, MalaysiaCategory:Malaysian English#FROG) Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
Derived terms
Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
- African clawed frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- African painted frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- a frog in one's throat
- Amazon milk frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Archey's frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- arrow-poison frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- arum frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Atlantic Coast leopard frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Australian green tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Australian ground frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Australian%20ground%20frog (MyobatrachidaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)#Myobatrachidae spp.)
- banana frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- banjo frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- bell frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- big-eyed tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- blue frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- blue-sided leaf frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- boiling frog
- brown frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#brown%20frog (Rana spp.)
- Budgett's frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- bullfrogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- bush frog (Hyperoliidae spp.)
- Cambondo screeching frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- carpenter frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#carpenter%20frog (Lithobates virgatipesCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20virgatipes)
- Cascades frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Cascades%20frog (Rana cascadaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rana%20cascadae)
- Catholic frog (Notaden bennettiiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Notaden%20bennettii)
- Charles Darwin's frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Chinese edible frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- chirping frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#chirping%20frog (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
- chorus frogs (PseudacrisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Pseudacris spp.)
- clawed frogs, claw frogs (Xenopus spp.)
- common frog (Rana temporaria)
- coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coquiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Eleutherodactylus%20coqui)
- corroboree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- crab-eating frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- crawfish frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#crawfish%20frog (Lithobates areolatusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20areolatus)
- cricket frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#cricket%20frog (Acris spp.)
- Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwiniiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Rhinoderma%20darwinii)
- defrog
- devil frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- disc-tongued frog (Alytidae spp.)
- eastern banjo frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- edible frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- European common brown frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#European%20common%20brown%20frog, European common frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#European%20common%20frog (Rana temporaria)
- fine as frog hair, finer than frog hair
- fishing frog, fishing-frog (Lophius spp.)
- flying frog
- forest green tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- frogamander
- frog belly
- frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Hydrocharis%20morsus-ranae)
- frog-biting midgeCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- frog cheese
- frog chorus
- frog drum
- frogeater, frog eater, frog-eater
- frogeye
- frogeyed, frog-eyed
- frog-eye salad
- frog face
- frogfish (AntennariidaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)#Antennariidae spp., Batrachoididae spp.)
- frog galvanoscope
- frog hair
- froghopper
- froghopper (Cercopoidea spp.)
- frog in a sock
- frog in a well
- frog in one's pocket
- frog in one's throat
- frog jump
- frog kick
- frog kingdom
- frog-legged beetleCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- frog legs
- frog-like
- frog lilyCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#frog%20lily (Nuphar spp. or Potamogeton spp.)
- frogman
- frogmarch, frog-march, frog march
- frogmouth (Podargidae spp.)
- frog orchid (Coeloglossum virideCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Coeloglossum%20viride)
- frogpole
- frogpond, frog pond
- frog pose
- Frog Rock
- frog's-bit
- Frogs Hollow
- frogsicle
- frogskin
- frog's legs
- frogsome
- frogspawn, frog spawn
- frog speak, frog-speak
- frog spit
- frog spittle
- frog sticker
- frogstool
- frog-strangler
- frog view
- frog-walk
- frog wedding
- fro yo frog
- Gaboon forest frog (Scotobleps gabonicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Scotobleps%20gabonicus)
- Gardiner's Seychelles frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- ghost frog (HeleophrynidaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)#Heleophrynidae spp.)
- giant banjo frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- giant frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- glass frog (Centrolenidae spp.)
- goliath frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- gopher frog (Lithobates capitoCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20capito)
- grass frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- green big-eyed tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- green frog (Lithobates clamitansCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20clamitans)
- greenhouse frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#greenhouse%20frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostrisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Eleutherodactylus%20planirostris)
- green tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- hairy frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- have a frog in one's throat
- hip pocket frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- holy cross frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- horned frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Hula painted frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- ice frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#ice%20frog (Amietia vertebralisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Amietia%20vertebralis)
- Kermit the Frog
- Lake Titicaca frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- leaf frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- leapfrogged, leap-frogged
- leapfrogging
- leap frog, leapfrog, leap-frog
- leapfrog test, leap-frog test, leap frog test
- leopard frogs (LithobatesCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Lithobates spp.)
- litter frog (Megophryidae spp.)
- long-fingered frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Malabar flying frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- male frog test
- marbled frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- marsh frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#marsh%20frog (Pelophylax ridibundusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Pelophylax%20ridibundus)
- marsupial frog (AmphignathodontidaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)#Amphignathodontidae spp.)
- Mashpi glass frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- midwife frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- mink frog (Lithobates septentrionalisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20septentrionalis)
- mist frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- mistfrog
- moss frog (Rhacophoridae spp.)
- music frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Myers' poison frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- narrow-mouthed frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#narrow-mouthed%20frog (Microhylidae spp.)
- New Jersey chorus frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- night frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- orange-thighed frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Pacman frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- painted frog (Alytidae spp.)
- paradoxical frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- parsley frog (Pelodytidae spp.)
- pickerel frog (Lithobates palustrisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20palustris)
- pig frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#pig%20frog (Lithobates grylioCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20grylio)
- poison arrow frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- poison dart frogs (Dendrobates spp.)
- pool frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#pool%20frog (Pelophylax lessonaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Pelophylax%20lessonae)
- rain frog (Eleutherodactylus spp.)
- red-legged frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#red-legged%20frog (Rana spp.)
- river frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#river%20frog (Lithobates heckscheriCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20heckscheri)
- robber frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#robber%20frog (Craugastor raniformisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Craugastor%20raniformis)
- sandhill frog
- Santander poison frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- screeching frogs (Arthroleptidae spp.)
- scrotum frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- sedge frog (Hyperoliidae spp.)
- Seychelles frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Seychelles%20frog (Sooglossus sechellensisCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Sooglossus%20sechellensis)
- shad frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- sheep frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#sheep%20frog (HypopachusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Hypopachus spp.)
- shovelnose frog (Hemisus spp.)
- shrinking frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- shrub frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- smoky jungle frog
- snouted frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- southern banjo frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- spot-legged poison frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- spotted chirping frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- squashed frog
- squirrel frog, squirrel tree frog (Dryophytes squirellusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Dryophytes%20squirellus
- step on a frog
- stick frog, stick-frog
- tailed frog (Ascaphus spp.)
- tapir frog
- Tarahumara frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Tarahumara%20frog (Lithobates tarahumaraeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20tarahumarae)
- temple tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Titicaca frog, Titicaca water frog
- tomato frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- tongueless frogs (Pipidae spp.)
- tree frog, treefrog (Hyla spp.)
- tropical frogCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#tropical%20frog (MicrixalusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Micrixalus spp.)
- true frogs (Ranidae spp.)
- Tukeit Hill frog (Allophryne ruthveniCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Allophryne%20ruthveni)
- turtle frog
- tusked frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- Vietnamese mossy frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- waterfrog
- water frog (Pelophylax spp., Telmatobius spp.)
- werefrog
- whipping frog
- white frog orchidCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- White's tree frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- wire frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Lithobates%20sylvaticus)
- wrinkled frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#wrinkled%20frog (Glandirana spp.)
- Wuyi sharp-nosed frogCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#FROGCategory:English links with redundant alt parameters#FROG
- yellow-legged frogsCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#yellow-legged%20frog (Rana spp.)
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
amphibian
end of a string instrument’s bow
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road — see road
the depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick
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organ in a horse’s foot
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part of a railway
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a type of fishing lure that resembles a frog
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politics, Malaysia: defector — see defector
See also
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English verbs#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FROG, biologyCategory:en:Biology#FROG) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FROG, cookingCategory:en:Cooking#FROG) To spatchcock (a chicken).
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#FROG) To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies.
Noun
frog (plural frogs)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English nouns#FROGCategory:English countable nouns#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- (derogatoryCategory:English derogatory terms#FROG, ethnic slurCategory:English ethnic slurs#FROG) A French person.
- Synonyms: baguette, cheese-eating surrender monkey, Frencher, Frenchy
- 1982 November 18, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Challenge”, in Yes, Minister, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):
- Yes. Can't trust the frogs.Category:English terms with quotations#FROG
- (CanadaCategory:Canadian English#FROG, offensiveCategory:English offensive terms#FROG) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
derogatory: French person
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See also
Further reading
- “frog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 3
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UnknownCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#FROG. Possibly borrowed from PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#FROGCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#FROG froco (“flock”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#FROG floccus (“flock”).
Noun
frog (plural frogs)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English nouns#FROGCategory:English countable nouns#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
- 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#FROG
- A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
Translations
a loop used to attach a scabbard etc. to a belt
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a fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop
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Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English verbs#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
Etymology 4
Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to “rip it”.
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English verbs#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FROGCategory:English intransitive verbs#FROG) To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
Etymology 5
Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck.
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)Category:English lemmas#FROGCategory:English verbs#FROGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#FROGCategory:English intransitive verbs#FROG, slangCategory:English slang#FROG, mildly vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#FROG) To have sex with; fuck.
- If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.Category:English terms with usage examples#FROG
Further reading
Category:frogs on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons 
frog on Wikiquote.Wikiquote 
frog on Wikinews.Wikinews - “frog”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “frog”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
- “frog”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “frog”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “frog”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “frog, n.1 & adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “frog, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “frog, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “frog, n.3”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “frog, n.4”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “frog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Irish terms borrowed from English#FROGCategory:Irish terms derived from English#FROG frog.
Pronunciation
Noun
frog m or f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)Category:Irish lemmas#FROGCategory:Irish nouns#FROGCategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Irish masculine nouns#FROGCategory:Irish feminine nouns#FROGCategory:Irish nouns with multiple genders#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
- frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)
Declension
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Derived terms
- frog crainn (“tree frog”)
- frog Góiliat (“Goliath frog”)
- frog nimhe (“poison dart frog”)
- frogaire (“frogman”)
- glóthach fhroig, sceathrach fhroig, sceith fhroig (“frog-spawn”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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| frog | fhrog | bhfrog |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “frog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “frog”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “frog”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
Volapük
Pronunciation
Noun
frog (genitive froga, plural frogs)Category:Volapük lemmas#FROGCategory:Volapük nouns#FROGCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#FROGCategory:Pages with entries#FROGCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FROG
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