bloody noun
The bullfrog, or the sound made by itThe bullfrog, or the sound made by it.
Meaning
1 senses(US, archaic, dialectal)The bullfrog, or the sound made by it.
Origin
From "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison GarmFrom "blood 'n' 'oun's", from "blood and wounds". Several sources, including Harrison Garman's 1892 A Synopsis of the Reptiles and Amphibians of Illinois, say the frog is so called because "its peculiar bass notes […] have a fancied resemblance to the expression" blood and wounds and other similar-sounding and similarly imposing phrases like "be drowned".
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