Synonyms for frog
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : frog, frawg |
| Phonetic Transcription : frɒg, frɔg |
Définition of frog
Origin :- Old English frogga, a diminutive of frox, forsc, frosc "frog," from Proto-Germanic *fruska-z (cf. Old Norse froskr, Middle Dutch vorsc, German Frosch "frog"), probably literally "hopper," from PIE root *preu- "to hop" (cf. Sanskrit provate "hops," Russian prygat "to hop, jump").
- The Latin word (rana) is imitative of croaking. Collateral Middle English forms frude, froud are from Old Norse frauðr "frog," and frosk "frog" survived in English dialects into the 19c.
- I always eat fricasseed frogs regretfully; they remind one so much of miniature human thighs, and make one feel cannibalistic and horrid .... [H. Ellen Brown, "A Girl's Wanderings in Hungary," 1896]
- As a derogatory term for "Frenchman," 1778 (short for frog-eater), but before that (1650s) it meant "Dutch" (from frog-land "marshy land"). To have a frog in the throat "be hoarse" is from 1892, from the "croaking" sound.
- noun jumping amphibian
- Why should not a frog sustain life with his Pants as well as a Christian?
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 » by Various
- The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- The frog's eyes stand out of his head because he is staring at heaven.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- For everybody knows, or thinks he knows, how the frog lost his tail.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- “Frog was the strongest dog of the bunch,” Bill pronounced finally.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The new jaw, or leg, is a newt's, and never by any accident more like that of a frog.
- Extract from : « The Origin of Species » by Thomas H. Huxley
- I always treat a minnow as Izaak Walton spoke of a frog, "as if I loved him."
- Extract from : « Black Bass » by Charles Barker Bradford
- It still produces its young in the water as it did when a frog.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- A frog may deposit them in a mass of jelly and leave them forever.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- So back I had to frog it and when I got far as Jabe's house all hands had turned in.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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