frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɒɡ/
ipa: /fɹɑɡ/
ipa: /fɹɔɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: frogs
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form: frock
form: frosk
form: frosh
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).
Senses: examples: text: Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog
ref: 2008, Tom Martin, “Black Metal Sucks” (0:26 from the start), in Toxic Zombie Onslaught, performed by Lich King, San Jose: Stormspell Records:
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glosses: Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
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glosses: 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.
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glosses: Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
synonyms: word: road
extra: clipping of less common frog and toad
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glosses: The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
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coordinate_terms: sole
glosses: An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
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synonyms: common crossing
glosses: The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
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glosses: The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
examples: text: `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'
ref: 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 40:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
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glosses: A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
topics: government
politics
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glosses: Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
Derived terms: sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: Frog
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogdom
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogese
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogess
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogged
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogger
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froggery
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogging
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froggish
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froggo
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froggy
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: Froggy
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froghood
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogitis
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogkind
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: Frogland
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogless
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: froglike
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogling
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogly
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: frogness
sense: Suffixed forms of frog [noun]
word: Frog-speak
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: African clawed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: African painted frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: a frog in one's throat
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Amazon milk frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Archey's frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: arrow-poison frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: arum frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Atlantic Coast leopard frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Australian green tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Myobatrachidae spp.
word: Australian ground frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: banana frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: banjo frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: bell frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: big-eyed tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: blue frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: blue-sided leaf frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: boiling frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana spp.
word: brown frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Budgett's frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: bullfrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hyperoliidae spp.
word: bush frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Cambondo screeching frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates virgatipes
word: carpenter frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana cascadae
word: Cascades frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Notaden bennettii
word: Catholic frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Charles Darwin's frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Chinese edible frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Eleutherodactylus spp.
word: chirping frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Pseudacris spp.
word: chorus frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: clawed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Xenopus spp.
word: claw frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana temporaria
word: common frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Eleutherodactylus coqui
word: coqui frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: corroboree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: crab-eating frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates areolatus
word: crawfish frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Acris spp.
word: cricket frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rhinoderma darwinii
word: Darwin's frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: defrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: devil frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Alytidae spp.
word: disc-tongued frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: eastern banjo frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: edible frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: European common brown frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana temporaria
word: European common frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: fine as frog hair
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: finer than frog hair
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: fishing frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lophius spp.
word: fishing-frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: flying frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: forest green tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogamander
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog belly
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
word: frogbit
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-biting midge
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog cheese
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog chorus
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog drum
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogeater
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog eater
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-eater
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogeye
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogeyed
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-eyed
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-eye salad
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog face
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Batrachoididae spp.
word: frogfish
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog galvanoscope
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog hair
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: froghopper
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Cercopoidea spp.
word: froghopper
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog in a sock
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog in a well
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog in one's pocket
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog in one's throat
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog jump
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog kick
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog kingdom
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-legged beetle
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog legs
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-like
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
english: Nuphar spp. or Potamogeton spp.
translation: Nuphar spp. or Potamogeton spp.
word: frog lily
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogman
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogmarch
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-march
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog march
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Podargidae spp.
word: frogmouth
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
alt: Coeloglossum viride
word: frog orchid
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogpole
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogpond
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog pond
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog pose
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog's-bit
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogsicle
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogskin
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog's legs
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogsome
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogspawn
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog spawn
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog speak
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-speak
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog spit
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog spittle
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog sticker
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frogstool
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-strangler
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog view
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog-walk
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: frog wedding
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: fro yo frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Scotobleps gabonicus
word: Gaboon forest frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Gardiner's Seychelles frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Heleophrynidae spp.
word: ghost frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: giant banjo frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: giant frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Centrolenidae spp.
word: glass frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: goliath frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates capito
word: gopher frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: grass frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: green big-eyed tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates clamitans
word: green frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Eleutherodactylus planirostris
word: greenhouse frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: green tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: hairy frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: have a frog in one's throat
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: hip pocket frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: holy cross frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: horned frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Hula painted frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Amietia vertebralis
word: ice frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Kermit the Frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Lake Titicaca frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leaf frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leapfrogged
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leap-frogged
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leapfrogging
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leap frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leapfrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leap-frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leapfrog test
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leap-frog test
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: leap frog test
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates spp.
word: leopard frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Megophryidae spp.
word: litter frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: long-fingered frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Malabar flying frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: male frog test
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: marbled frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Pelophylax ridibundus
word: marsh frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Amphignathodontidae spp.
word: marsupial frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Mashpi glass frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: midwife frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates septentrionalis
word: mink frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: mist frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: mistfrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rhacophoridae spp.
word: moss frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: music frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Myers' poison frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Microhylidae spp.
word: narrow-mouthed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: New Jersey chorus frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: night frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: orange-thighed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Pacman frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Alytidae spp.
word: painted frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: paradoxical frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Pelodytidae spp.
word: parsley frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates palustris
word: pickerel frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates grylio
word: pig frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: poison arrow frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Dendrobates spp.
word: poison dart frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Pelophylax lessonae
word: pool frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Eleutherodactylus spp.
word: rain frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana spp.
word: red-legged frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates heckscheri
word: river frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Craugastor raniformis
word: robber frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: sandhill frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Santander poison frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Arthroleptidae spp.
word: screeching frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: scrotum frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hyperoliidae spp.
word: sedge frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Sooglossus sechellensis
word: Seychelles frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: shad frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hypopachus spp.
word: sheep frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hemisus spp.
word: shovelnose frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: shrinking frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: shrub frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: smoky jungle frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: snouted frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: southern banjo frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: spot-legged poison frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: spotted chirping frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: squashed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: squirrel frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: squirrel tree frog (Dryophytes squirellus
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: step on a frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: stick frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: stick-frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Ascaphus spp.
word: tailed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: tapir frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates tarahumarae
word: Tarahumara frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: temple tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Titicaca frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Titicaca water frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: tomato frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Pipidae spp.
word: tongueless frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Hyla spp.
word: treefrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Micrixalus spp.
word: tropical frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Ranidae spp.
word: true frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Allophryne ruthveni
word: Tukeit Hill frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: turtle frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: tusked frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Vietnamese mossy frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: waterfrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Telmatobius spp.
word: water frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: werefrog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: whipping frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: white frog orchid
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: White's tree frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: wire frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Lithobates sylvaticus
word: wood frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Glandirana spp.
word: wrinkled frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
word: Wuyi sharp-nosed frog
sense: Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
taxonomic: Rana spp.
word: yellow-legged frog
Related terms: word: frosh
word: amphibian
word: pad
word: paddock
word: tadpole
word: toad