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pollywog
English
Pronunciation
Noun
pollywog (plural pollywogs)
- A polliwog.
- (sailing slang) A sailor who has not yet crossed the equator.
- (New Zealand, slang, ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Polynesian (usually Samoan) descent (Poly + wog).
References
- pollywog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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frog
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???/
- Rhymes: -??
- (US) IPA(key): /f???/, /f???/
- Rhymes: -??, -???
Etymology 1
From Middle English frogge, from Old English frogga, frocga (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruþgô (“frog”).
Alternative forms
- frock (dialectal)
Noun
frog (plural frogs)
- A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.
- Synonyms: (dialectal) frosh, (dialectal) frosk
- Coordinate terms: pad, paddock
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- (music) 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.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
- The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
- An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
- (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
- Synonym: common crossing
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Esperanto: frogo
- ? Hawaiian: poloka
- ? Irish: frog
Translations
See also
- amphibian
- pad
- paddock
- tadpole
- toad
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- To hunt or trap frogs.
- (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
- (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken).
Derived terms
- frog stitch
Etymology 2
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare French rosbif (“English person”), from roast beef, corresponding term for English, likewise based on stereotypical food; and Kraut for Germans.
Noun
frog (plural frogs)
- (offensive) A French person.
- Synonyms: baguette, cheese-eating surrender monkey
- (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec.
Alternative forms
- Frog
Derived terms
- frogess
- froggy
- froglet
Translations
See also
- Frenchie
Further reading
- frog in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 3
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
Noun
frog (plural frogs)
- A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
- An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
Translations
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
Etymology 4
Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to "rip it".
Verb
frog (third-person singular simple present frogs, present participle frogging, simple past and past participle frogged)
- (transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.
Further reading
- frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- frog on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “frog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English frog.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f?????]
Noun
frog m or f (genitive singular froig, nominative plural froganna)
- frog (amphibian; organ in a horse’s foot)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "frog" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “frog” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “frog” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f?o?]
Noun
frog (nominative plural frogs)
- frog (amphibian)
Declension
See also
- bufod (“toad”)
- mafib (“amphibian”)
- nim (“animal”)
- rosip (“toad”)
- vatanim (“aquatic animal”)
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