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frog

frog

10 8.7
A decorative loop of cord used to fasten a jacket, often on traditional clothes
  • noun
  • /frɔg/
  • Specialized
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Examples

  • Tape on the bow will help them to use the tip, middle, and frog of the bow.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In the fenced-in park, during the lunch hour, she played the leap-frog game with Cherry.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Lucy placed her frog paperweight carefully on the pages and stalked off to the kitchen.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • The uniform was adorned with a frog that added an elegant touch to the military attire.

  • He fastened the jacket securely by pulling the frog through the loop.

  • The traditional dress featured a beautiful frog made of colorful braids.

Synonyms

frogging
vsfrog
  • Specialized
8.2

A decorative braid used on coats or jackets

refers to the specific loop of braid or cord used to fasten garments

Idioms

3 6.7

A temporary hoarse voice that makes speaking hard

9.9

Very small, delicate, and of excellent quality

9.3

A person who slowly fails to notice danger until it is too late

Compounds

4 3.4

A small frog that lives in trees with sticky pads on its toes for climbing

2 3.4

Back legs of frogs cooked and eaten as food that taste like chicken

green frog
  • Specialized
1 1.6

A common North American frog that lives near ponds and marshes

chorus frog
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A small North American frog with a loud musical call

A water frog from Africa without a tongue that has claws and is often used in labs

1 5.1

A common North American green or brown frog with dark oval spots edged in white

1 5.9

A small light brown frog that lives in moist North American forests

boiling frog
  • Informal
9.3

A person or group that does not react to slow harmful changes until serious damage happens

8.7

A medium-sized frog that lives near streams and mountain meadows in the Cascade Mountains

A tree frog that can change its color to match its surroundings

8.5

A small North American frog that makes a quick clicking call near water

eastern cricket frog
  • Specialized
7.7

A small frog that lives near ponds and streams in the eastern United States and makes a short clicking call

8.8

A frog that makes a sound like a small dog

frog kick
  • Specialized
3.5

A swimming movement where you pull your knees up, straighten your legs, and push them together like a frog

A small green wild flower with greenish blooms that grows in meadows and grasslands

leptodactylid frog
  • Specialized
9.9

A frog from Central and South America that has teeth and lives on land, in water, or in trees

goliath frog
  • South African
8.1

A very large frog from central Africa that can grow up to a foot long and weigh about ten pounds

2.7

A common European frog that lives on land and in water and is often green or brown

9.9

A small lizard with spines on its head and rough scales that eats insects

A land frog that digs and lives underground at night with a hard head

A small frog that jumps, lives near ponds, and makes a high, sharp call in eastern and central United States

robber frog
  • Specialized
9.9

A small ground-dwelling frog from tropical America that lives on the forest floor

robber frog
  • Specialized
9.6

A small frog from the southwestern United States and Mexico that makes a sound like a barking dog

9.3

A small brown frog with dark square spots that lives near ponds and in grassy areas

9.8

A small frog from western North America with a tail-like organ in males used to mate

Tarahumara frog
  • Specialized
9.9

A large Mexican frog that lives near streams and ponds in the mountains

A frog with no tongue that lives mainly in water in Africa, Panama, and northern South America

2.8

A small frog that lives in trees and has sticky pads on its toes to climb

true frog
  • Specialized
5.6

A smooth-bodied animal that lives in water and on land with long back legs and webbed feet

sheep frog
  • Specialized
9.6

A small Central American frog that makes a sound like a sheep

spring frog
  • Specialized
4.9

A small green or brown animal that lives near ponds and wet places and croaks

How Decorative

frog
  • Specialized
10 8.7
button
203 1.0
snap fastener
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Surface Forms

frog singular
frogs plural

Etymology

Frog for a decorative loop on clothes is a later use of the word and may come from the way the twisted knot looks like a little creature or its legs. A helpful way to remember this sense is to picture the fastener as a tiny 'frog', which is why the same word is used for the ornament and fastener.