frog

4 definitions • 3 examples

a small animal that has smooth skin, lives in water and on land, has long powerful back legs with which it jumps from place to place, has no tail, and is usually greenish-brown in colour:

Frogs make a low noise called a croak.

the bottom part of a bow (= a long, thin piece of wood with hair from the tail of a horse stretched along it, used to play some musical instruments that have strings) :

Modern bows have easily adjustable frogs.

The bow is held in the right hand with the thumb bent underneath the frog to support it and the other hands loosely gripping the wood.

an offensive word for a French person

a small animal that has smooth skin, lives in water and on land, has long powerful back legs with which it jumps from place to place, and has no tail