Frog | |
1. subst. (derogatory) alternative form of frog (French person) | |
2. subst. A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops. | |
3. subst. 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. | |
4. subst. (Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad. | |
5. subst. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick. | |
6. subst. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood. | |
7. subst. (rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof). | |
8. v. To hunt or trap frogs. | |
9. v. (transitive, biology) To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate. | |
10. v. (transitive, cooking) To spatchcock (a chicken). | |
11. subst. (offensive) A French person. | |
12. subst. (Canada, offensive) A French-speaking person from Quebec. | |
13. subst. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt. | |
14. subst. An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop. | |
15. v. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs. | |
16. v. To unravel (a knitted garment). | |