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toad
English
Alternative forms
- tode (obsolete)
- twoad (archaic, dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *t?de, a shortened variant of Old English t?die, t?di?e (“toad”). Compare Old English t?xe (“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 t?xe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /to?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??d/
- Rhymes: -??d
- Homophones: toed, towed
Noun
toad (plural toads)
- An amphibian, a kind of frog (order Anura) with shorter hindlegs and a drier, wartier skin, many in family Bufonidae.
- 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
- 1971, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore, "Riders on the Storm", The Doors, L.A. Woman.
- (derogatory) A contemptible or unpleasant person.
- (derogatory) An ugly person.
Synonyms
(amphibian):
- pad
- paddock
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- amphibian
- frog
- frosh/frosk
- paddock
- tadpole
Verb
toad (third-person singular simple present toads, present participle toading, simple past and past participle toaded)
- (Internet, informal, transitive) To expel (a user) permanently from a MUD or similar system, so that their account is deleted.
Anagrams
- DOTA, DotA, Dota, doat
Estonian
Noun
toad
- nominative plural of tuba
toad From the web:
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- what toads eat
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troad
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???d/
Noun
troad (plural troads)
- Obsolete spelling of trode
Anagrams
- Dorta, dotar, tardo
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tregess.
Noun
troad m (plural treid)
- foot
- handle
Mutation
troad From the web:
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- what road am i on right now
- what roads are closed near me
- what road are we on
- what roads are closed
- what roads are open in yellowstone
- what road is the strip in las vegas
- what road signs mean
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