frog

CEFRA1

/fɹɒɡ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small animal with long legs that lives near water.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.

Examples

  • I've got a frog in my throat.

  • The prince was changed into a frog.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

  3. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

More examples

In context

  • The prince was turned into a frog by magic.

  • If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

  • `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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).