frog

nounjumping amphibian

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noun jumping amphibian

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Word Origin & History

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.

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.

Example Sentences for frog

Why should not a frog sustain life with his Pants as well as a Christian?

The frog is a diligent songster, having a good voice but no ear.

The frog's eyes stand out of his head because he is staring at heaven.

For everybody knows, or thinks he knows, how the frog lost his tail.

“Frog was the strongest dog of the bunch,” Bill pronounced finally.

The new jaw, or leg, is a newt's, and never by any accident more like that of a frog.

I always treat a minnow as Izaak Walton spoke of a frog, "as if I loved him."

It still produces its young in the water as it did when a frog.

A frog may deposit them in a mass of jelly and leave them forever.

So back I had to frog it and when I got far as Jabe's house all hands had turned in.

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