Reverse Dictionary: FROG

(includes TADPOLE, TOAD)

ADJECTIVES
► BATRACHOPHAGOUS frog-eating → 1825
► PADDOCKY abounding in frogs → 1828
► RANARIAN like a frog, ‘froggy’ → 1814
► RANINE pert. to a frog; frog-like → 1840
► RANIVOROUS frog-eating → 1821

NOUNS
 AMPLEXUS the mating embrace of a frog or toad → 2001 (Bk.)
► BATRACHOPHOBIA the fear of or morbid aversion to frogs, toads, and newts → 1863
► BECK-STRADDLER. the frog as it sprawls when swimming → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEETLE-HEAD a young tadpole → 1892 Eng. dial.
► BELLY-DEEP a bullfrog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BIGHEAD a tadpole → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BISMAROON ► BIZMAROON a bullfrog → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BLACKHEAD a tadpole → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLOOD-AND-‘OUND ► BLOODEN HOUND a bullfrog → 1872 Amer. dial.
► BLOODICK a bullfrog → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BLOODNOUN a bullfrog → 1911 Amer. dial.
► BLOODY a bullfrog → 1937 Amer. dial.
► BLOODYMENOUN a bullfrog → 1954 Amer. dial.
► BLOODY-NOUN a bullfrog → 1951 Amer. dial.
► BLOW FROG a large frog that makes a deep, loud sound → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BOODYDUNK a large bullfrog → 1951 Amer. dial.
► BROTHER ROUNDS a nickname for the bullfrog; the sound it makes → 1939 Amer. dial.
 BULL PAD ► BULL-PADDOCK ► BULL-PADDY a frog → 1886 Amer. dial.
► BULL TAD the larva of a bullfrog → 1968 Amer. dial.
 BULL-TUCKER a frog → 1890 Amer. dial.
► BULLY a bullfrog → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BULLYMARUM a bullfrog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BULLYRUM a bullfrog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CAMBRIDGE NIGHTINGALE a frog → L19 sl.
► CAMBRIDGESHIRE NIGHTINGALE a frog → 1875 sl.
► CAPE-NIGHTINGALE a frog → 1889 sl.
► CHEEPER a small frog or toad, such as the tree frog → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CHUGARUM a bullfrog → 1928 Amer. dial.
► CLUNKER a bullfrog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CRAPAUD a toad → 1481 obs.
► CROAK a frog → 1965 Amer. dial.
► CROAKER a frog → 1651
► CRUT a frog → 1940 Amer. dial.
► DIRT FROG a toad → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DISH-LADLE a tadpole → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DUTCH-NIGHTINGALE a frog; from its melodious note in the spring → 1769
► EGYPTIAN FROG a toad → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FARMER a jesting name for a toad → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FEN-NIGHTINGALE a frog → a1825 Eng. dial.
► FROGLET a young or small frog, esp. one that was recently a tadpole → 1824
► FROGLING a tiny young frog; a tadpole → a1590
► FROSH a frog → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FROSK a frog → c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► FROUD a frog or toad → a1200 obs.
► GANGREL a toad → 1500-20 N. Eng. dial.
► GOODADOON a bullfrog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRAMPA a small frog that sings or chirps loudly in spring → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRANDDAD a large frog such as a bullfrog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRANDDADDY a large frog such as a bullfrog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GRANDFATHER FROG a large frog such as a bullfrog → 1940 Amer. dial.
► GREENBACK a frog → 1889 US sl.
► GREENHEAD 1. a bullfrog → 1899 Amer. dial.
2. a tree frog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GRENOUILLE a frog or toad → 1931 Amer. dial.
► GRINDER a frog → 1904 Amer. dial.
► GROUND FROG a toad → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GURRUMP a bullfrog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► IRISH NIGHTINGALE a bullfrog → 1901 Amer. dial.
► JACK-BANNIAL a tadpole → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKY ► JAKEY a frog → 1877 Eng, dial.
► JACOB a frog → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JEEPER a tree frog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JEROME a bullfrog → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JIGARUM ► JUGARUM ► JUG O’ RUM a bullfrog → 1928 Amer. dial.
► JOHNNY BULL a bullfrog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► KATYDID a tree frog or similar frog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► LADLE a tadpole, from its shape → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LADLE-YED a tadpole → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LADY-YED a tadpole → 1894 Eng. dial.
► LAIDLICK a tadpole → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LEAPFROG a bullfrog or similar frog → 1851 Amer. dial.
► MARCH PEEPER a tree frog → 1939 Amer. dial.
► MARSH-BIRD a frog → 1893 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MARSH PEEPER a tree frog → 1892 Amer. dial.
► MAY-PUDDOCK a young frog → 1883 Eng. dial.
► MIDADDY a bullfrog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MORE-RUMMER a bullfrog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MUD QUACKER a tree frog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MULLEY ► MULLI a tadpole → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MULLEYHEAD a tadpole → 1968 Amer. dial.
► MULLIGRUB a tadpole → 1908 Amer. dial.
► MULLIKEP a tadpole → 1987 Amer. dial.
► PAD a toad → .1154 obs.
► PADDA a frog → 1796 Sc.
► PADDO a frog → 1796 Sc.
► PADDOCK 1. a toad → c1300 obs. exc. a literary archaism
2. a frog → c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
► PADDOW a frog, a toad → c1375 Sc.
► PADDY a frog → 1796 Sc.
► PADDY FROG a bullfrog → 1986 Amer. dial.
► PADGETTY-POW a tadpole; a frog → 1873 Eng. dial.
► PADGETYPOO a frog, a tadpole → 1879 Eng. dial.
► PADY a frog → 1796 Sc.
► PALLET a tadpole → 1962 Sc.
► PAN a tadpole or frog → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PATTY-GO-ROUND a bullfrog → 1963 Amer. dial.
► PEEDEE FROG a tree frog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PEEP a tree frog → 1939 Amer. dial.
► PEEPER a tree frog → 1842 Amer. dial.
► PEETEET a tree frog → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PIG FROG a bullfrog → 1914 Amer. dial.
► PINKLETINK a tree frog → 1918 Amer. dial.
► PINK-WINK a tadpole, esp. referring to the noise they made on spring evenings → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► PIPER a tree frog → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PIPING FROG a tree frog → 1891 Amer. dial.
► PODDOCK ► PODDUCK a frog → c1350 obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► PODDYWIG a tadpole → 19C Eng. dial.
► PODUNKER a frog → 1857 Amer. dial.
► POLLIWIGS tadpoles → 1830 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► POLLYBOG a tadpole → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POLLYFROG a tadpole → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► POLLYWIGGLE a tadpole → 1942 Amer. Western sl. (Bk.)
► POLLYWOG  a tadpole → 1440 chiefly Eng. dial. & US
► POLLYWOGGLE a tadpole → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POLLYWOGGY a tadpole → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POND CHICKEN a bullfrog → 1954 Amer. dial.
► POND FROG 1. a bullfrog → 1672 Amer. dial.
2. a tree frog → 1922 Amer. dial.
► POND LIZARD a small frog that sings or chirps loudly in spring → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PORRIWIGGLES tadpoles → 1876 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PORWIGGLE a tadpole → c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► POT-LADLES tadpoles, from their shape → 1830 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUDDOCK a frog, a toad → 1641 Sc.
► PUDDY a ‘puddock’, a frog → 1796 Sc.
► PUDICK a frog → 1967 Amer. dial.
► QUILKEY a frog; occasionally, a toad → 1846 Eng. dial.
► QUILKIN ► QUILKQUIN ► QUILQUIN a frog; occasionally, a toad → 1846 Eng. dial.
► RAINBIRD a tree frog → 1931 Amer. dial.
► RAINFROG a tree frog → 1827 Amer. dial.
► RAINMAKER a tree frog → 1950 Amer. dial.
► RAIN TOAD a tree frog → 1928 Amer. dial.
► RANARIUM a place in which frogs are kept → 1889
► SCRAPER a tree frog → 1932 Amer. dial.
► TADDIE a tadpole → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TAFFETY a toad → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TATHER frog’s spawn → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THOMAS a toad → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOADERY a place where toads are kept or abound → 1763
► TOADESS a female toad → 1871
► TOAD-HOPPER a toad → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TOADLET a young or little toad → 1817
► TOADLING a young or little toad → c1440
► TOADSHIP the personality of a toad → 1775
► TOADY a little or young toad → c1690 obs.
► TODDER spawn of a frog or toad → 1604 obs.
► TODY a little or young toad → c1690 obs.
► TOMMY-NODDY-HEAD a tadpole → 1923 Sc.
► TOM-NODDY a tadpole → 1877 Eng. dial.
► TOM-TODDY a tadpole, a young frog → 1880 Eng. dial.
► TOO-TIGHT a tree frog → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TOSEY an affectionate name for a toad → 1950 Amer. dial.
► TREE TRAT a tree frog → 1983 Amer. dial.
► WART FROG 1. a toad → c1950 Amer. dial.
2. a bullfrog → 1969 Amer. dial.
► WARTY ► WARTY TOAD a toad → 1939 Amer. dial.
► WATER CHICKEN a frog, considered as food → 1859 Amer. dial.
► WAWARON a frog → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► YELLOW-BELLY a frog → 1825
► YELLOWTHROAT a bullfrog → 1967 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► PADDOCK-DABBER one who strikes or kills frogs → 1894 Sc.

VERBS
► CROB to croak, as a frog or raven → c1350 obs.
► CRONK to croak; to make the harsh note of a raven or frog → 19C Eng. dial.
► CROOD to croak as a frog → 1710 Sc.
► CROUP to cry hoarsely; to croak as a raven, frog, crane, etc. → 1513 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CRUNGE of a bullfrog: to make its characteristic sound → 1966 Amer. dial.
► QUACK of a raven or frog: to croak → 1727
► QUEST to frogs: to croak → 1607 obs.