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frog

UK/fɹɒɡ/ US/fɹɔɡ/ common slang

noun

1.

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

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2.

a person of French descent

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3.

a decorative loop of braid or cord

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Origin

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).

Phrases

  • a frog in one's throat Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • African clawed frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • African painted frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • Amazon milk frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • Archey's frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • arrow-poison frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • arum frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • Atlantic Coast leopard frog Compound words and expressions derived from frog [noun]
  • frog stitch

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