Frog Definition

frôg, frŏg
frogs
noun
frogs
Any of various families of tailless, leaping anuran amphibians with long, powerful hind legs, short forelegs, a smooth skin, and webbed feet: it develops from a tadpole, and most species, when grown, are able to live either in water or on land that is near water.
Webster's New World
Any of various usually aquatic members of this order having smoother skin and longer hind legs than the toads.
American Heritage Medicine
A toad.
Webster's New World
The triangular, horny pad in the posterior half of the sole of a horse's foot.
Webster's New World
A fastening on a belt for carrying a sword, bayonet, etc.
Webster's New World
verb
frogs
To hunt or trap frogs.
Wiktionary

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Wiktionary

To unravel (a knitted garment).

Wiktionary
idiom
have a frog in one's throat
  • to experience temporary hoarseness
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Frog

Noun

Singular:
frog
Plural:
frogs

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Origin of Frog

  • From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”), a pet-form of Proto-Germanic *fruþ-, *frauþaz (“frog”), deverbative of Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki (“frog”), Sanskrit प्लव (plava), प्लवक (plavaka, “frog”), Lithuanian sprūgti (“to leave, escape”), Russian прыгнуть (prýgnutĭ, “to leap”), прыгать (prýgatĭ, “to jump around”), Albanian fryj (“to blow”)). See also frosh, frosk.

    From Wiktionary

  • From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding French term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food.

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  • Unknown. Possibly from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).

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  • Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".

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  • Middle English frogge from Old English frogga

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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