- a small animal with smooth skin, that lives both on land and in water (= is an amphibian). Frogs have very long back legs for jumping, and no tail.
- 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
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- Frog(taboo, offensive, 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
See frog in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhave, etc. a frog in your throat
- to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time
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