frog
noun /frɒɡ/
/frɑːɡ/
Idioms enlarge image
- the croaking of frogs
- The frog jumped into the pond.
- There are three native species of frogs and toads in the UK.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryfrog + verb- hop
- jump
- croak
- …
- spawn
- frogs’ legs
- Frog(taboo, slang) an offensive word for a French person
Word OriginOld English frogga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vors and German Frosch. Used as a general term of abuse in Middle English, the term was applied specifically to the Dutch in the 17th cent.; its application to the French (late 18th cent.) is partly alliterative, partly from the reputation of the French for eating frogs' legs.
Idioms
have, etc. a frog in your throat
- to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time