Meaning

7 senses
  1. To hunt or trap frogs.

    hunt frogs for food

  2. (transitive)To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

  3. (transitive)To spatchcock (a chicken).

  4. (intransitive)To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.

  5. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

  6. (ambitransitive)To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.

  7. (ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar)To have sex with; fuck.

    If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

Examples

299 sentences
  1. I hear that he eats frogs.

    Я чув, що він їсть жаб. — deniko

    ruЯ слышал, он лягушек ест. — odexed

    deIch höre, dass er Frösche isst. — Yorwba

  2. Have you ever eaten frog legs?

    Ти коли-небудь куштувала жаб'ячі лапки? — deniko

    ruТы когда-нибудь ел лягушачьи лапки? — marafon

    deHast du schon einmal Froschschenkel gegessen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I've got a frog in my throat.

    Я захрип. — deniko

    ruЯ охрип. — sharptoothed

    deIch habe einen Frosch im Hals. — MUIRIEL

  4. The prince was changed into a frog.

    Принца перетворили на жабу. — deniko

    ruПринц был превращён в лягушку. — marafon

    deDer Prinz wurde in einen Frosch verwandelt. — Sudajaengi

  5. Who forced Tom to eat a frog?

    Хто примусив Тома з'їсти жабу? — deniko

    ruКто заставил Тома съесть лягушку? — marafon

Origin

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“fr

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”).

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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Forms

frogs, frogging, frogged, frogged
Base formfrog · to frog
3rd person singularfrogs
Present participlefrogging
Past simplefrogged
Past participlefrogged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfrog
he, she, itfrogs

Past simpleLesson

all personsfrogged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave frogged
he, she, ithas frogged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill frog

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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