froggy

English

Etymology

From frog +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɒɡi/, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɑɡi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɡi
• Hyphenation: frog‧gy

Noun

froggy (plural froggies)

1. (childish or endearing) A frog.
   • a. 1600, unknown author, Frog Went a-Courting:

     'Pray, Mistress Mouse, will you give us some beer?
     Heigho, says Rowley,
     For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer.'

   • a. 1900, unknown author, Frogs at School:

     Twenty froggies went to school, down beside a rushy pool
     Twenty little coats of green, twenty vests all white and clean

2. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Frenchman.

Adjective

froggy (comparative froggier or more froggy, superlative froggiest or most froggy)

1. Froglike.
2. Suffering from a frog in one's throat; hoarse.
   • 1938, The American Legion Magazine:

     Absolutely voiceless and baggy-eyed from hours of sour singing, no sleep, and a froggy throat from yelling in ego to be heard atop the rest.

3. (slang) Inclined to fight; aggressive.
   • 1947, Herman Wouk, Aurora Dawn‎^[1], Simon and Schuster:

     Now jump, if you still feel froggy.

4. (slang) Energetic or strong.
   • 2010, Paul J. Roarke, Corps Strength: A Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant's Program for Elite Fitness, Ulysses Press:

     On the days that you're feeling "froggy" (meaning you have plenty of energy) […]

Synonyms

• froggish
• froglike
• frogly
• ranine

Derived terms

• froggily

See also

• anuran
• batrachian
• salientian
• toadish
• toadlike
• toadly
• toady