frog
/fɹɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.89 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
noun
The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
Example Sentences
- "1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and say vnto him; Thus sayeth the Lord, Let my people goe, that they may serue me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them goe, beholde, I will smite all thy borders with frogges. 3 And the riuer shall bring foorth frogges abundantly, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes. 4 And the frogges shall come vp both on thee, and vpon thy people, and vpon all thy seruants."
- "Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog"
- "`What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'"
- "Yes. Can't trust the frogs."
- "The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe."
- "If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone."
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fɹɔɡ/
- British English: /fɹɒɡ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frog-speak
African clawed frog
African painted frog
a frog in one's throat
Amazon milk frog
Archey's frog
arrow-poison frog
arum frog