noun · verb · 28 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/fɹɒɡ/
Australian, British, Southern, Standard:/fɹɔɡ/
/fɹɔɡ/without the cot–caught merger
/fɹɑɡ/without the cot–caught merger
cot-caught-merger:/fɹɑɡ/
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Canada:/fɹɒɡ/
Scotland:/fɾɔɡ/
New-Zealand:/fɹɒɡ/
New-Zealand:[fɹɔ̟ɡ]
rhymes with -ɒɡ
rhymes with -ɔːɡ
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CMU ARPABET:F R AA1 G
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, slang
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Synonyms: road
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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6
noun
Meaning 6
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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7
noun
Meaning 7
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: common crossing
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
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10
noun
Meaning 10
Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Malaysia, derogatory, slang
Topics: government, politics
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11
noun
Meaning 11
A French person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, slur
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, offensive
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13
noun
Meaning 13
A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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14
noun
Meaning 14
An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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15
noun
Meaning 15
A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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16
noun
Meaning 16
Alternative letter-case form of frog (“French person”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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17
noun
Meaning 17
Initialism of fig raspberry orange ginger: a jam or other food preparation containing the eponymous ingredients or made with a jam containing the ingredients.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: true frog, ranid, leptodactylid frog, leptodactylid, robber frog, barking frog, Hylactophryne augusti, crapaud, South American bullfrog, Leptodactylus pentadactylus, tree frog, tree-frog, tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui, Liopelma hamiltoni, true toad, obstetrical toad, midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans, Alytes cisternasi, fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, spadefoot, spadefoot toad, tree toad, western narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne olivacea, eastern narrow-mouthed toad, Gastrophryne carolinensis, sheep frog, tongueless frog, South American poison toad
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noun
Meaning 26
a decorative loop of braid or cord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: adornment
27
noun
Meaning 27
a person of French descent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Gaul
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Frenchman, Frenchwoman, French person
28
verb
Meaning 28
hunt frogs for food
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: capture, catch
History
Etymology
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).
From frog legs, stereotypical food of the French. Compare Kraut (“German person”) and French rosbif (“English person”) (from roast beef), with similar food etymologies.
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese froco (“flock”), from Latin floccus (“flock”).
Supposedly from ribbit (“sound made by a frog”) sounding similar to “rip it”.
Probably a minced oath alteration of fuck.
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441 source translations are retained for this English entry.