toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /toʊd/
ipa: /təʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
homophone: toed
homophone: towed
Forms: form: toads
form: tode
form: twoad
Etymology: From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”).
Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
Senses: examples: text: Shortly he heard the trolls coming. They had a fiddler with them, and some began dancing, while others fell to eating the Christmas fare on the table - some fried bacon, and some fried frogs and toads, and other nasty things which they had brought with them.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 149:
text: 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
There's a killer on the road / His brain is squirmin' like a toad
glosses: An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
glosses: A contemptible or unpleasant person.
glosses: An ugly person.
Synonyms: sense: amphibian
word: pad
sense: amphibian
word: paddock
Derived terms: word: African clawed toad
word: African common toad
word: African giant toad
word: African tree toad
alt: †Incilius periglenes
word: Alajuela toad
taxonomic: Incilius peripatetes
word: Almirante Trail toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus nelsoni
word: Amargosa toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus americanus
word: American toad
word: Apennine yellow-bellied toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus microscaphus
word: Arizona toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus californicus
word: arroyo toad
taxonomic: Duttaphrynus melanostictus
word: Asian common toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus exsul
word: black toad
word: bombinator toad
taxonomic: Rhinophrynus spp.
word: burrowing toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus hemiophrys
word: Canadian toad
taxonomic: Rhinella marina
word: cane toad
alt: Ollotis spp.
word: Central American toad
alt: Ollotis alvaria
word: Colorado River toad
word: common toad
word: crucifix toad
taxonomic: Bufo bufo
word: European toad
english: Bombina
translation: Bombina
word: fire-bellied toad spp.)
taxonomic: Anaxyrus fowleri
word: Fowler's toad
word: frog and toad
alt: †Incilius periglenes
word: golden toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus cognatus
word: Great Plains toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus debilis
word: green toad
alt: Ollotis nebulifer
word: Gulf Coast toad
word: guttural toad
taxonomic: Ceratophrys spp.
word: horned toad
taxonomic: Phrynosoma spp.
word: horny toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus houstonensis
word: Houston toad
taxonomic: Rhinella marina
word: marine toad
taxonomic: Bufo calamita
word: mephitic toad
taxonomic: Alytes spp.
word: midwife toad
alt: †Incilius periglenes
word: Monte Verde toad
english: Gastrophryne
translation: Gastrophryne
word: narrow-mouthed toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus spp.
word: North American toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus quercicus
word: oak toad
word: obstetrical toad
taxonomic: Alytes spp.
word: obstetric toad
word: odious as a toad
alt: †Incilius periglenes
word: orange toad
word: ornate horned toad
taxonomic: Oreophrynella nigra
word: pebble toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus punctatus
word: red-spotted toad
taxonomic: Trillium sessile
word: red toad trillium
taxonomic: Bufo calamita
word: rush toad
word: sea toad
word: shelt-toad
word: shield-toad
alt: Ollotis alvaria
word: Sonoran Desert toad
taxonomic: Rhinella spp.
word: South American toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus terrestris
word: southern toad
word: spadefoot toad
word: strange-horned toad
word: Surinam toad
word: Suriname toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus speciosus
word: Texas toad
word: toad agama
taxonomic: Gelastocoridae spp.
word: toad bug
word: toadeater
word: toadfish
word: toad grass
taxonomic: Juncus bufonius
word: toad-grass
word: toad-headed agama
word: toad in a hole
word: toad in the hole
word: toad-in-the-hole
word: toadlike
word: toadpole
taxonomic: Juncus bufonius
word: toad rush
word: toad-spit
word: toadstool
word: toad-strangler
taxonomic: Trillium sessile
word: toad trillium
word: toady
word: Tonkin toad
taxonomic: Pedostibes spp.
word: tree toad
taxonomic: Bufonidae spp.
word: true toad
taxonomic: Sclerophrys urunguensis
word: Urungu toad
taxonomic: Bufo calamita
word: walking toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus boreas
word: western toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus woodhousii
word: Woodhouse's toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus baxteri
word: Wyoming toad
taxonomic: Anaxyrus canorus
word: Yosemite toad
Related terms: amphibian
frog
frosh
frosk
paddock
tadpole