frog

noun

1. Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

   “Awesome leather armbands with spikes like two feet long / Hair is parted down the middle, frowning like a frog”

2. 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.
3. (Cockney, slang)Synonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.
4. The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
5. An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
6. The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).
7. The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.
8. A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.

   “`What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'”

9. (Malaysia, derogatory, slang)Defector: politician who switches to a different political party.
10. (derogatory, ethnic, slur)A French person.

    “Yes. Can't trust the frogs.”

11. (Canada, offensive)A French-speaking person from Quebec.
12. A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
13. An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

    “The visitor was about fifty-two years of age, dressed in one of the green surtouts, ornamented with black frogs, which have so long maintained their popularity all over Europe.”

14. A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.
15. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of frog (“French person”).

verb

1. To hunt or trap frogs.
2. (transitive)To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.
3. (transitive)To spatchcock (a chicken).
4. (intransitive)To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.
5. To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
6. (ambitransitive)To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.
7. (ambitransitive, mildly, slang, vulgar)To have sex with; fuck.

   “If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.”