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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A fastener for clothing consisting of a button that fits through a loop.
  • A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.
  • An organ on the bottom of a horse?s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.
  • A small hopping amphibian.
  • Cockney rhyming slang Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.
  • British|pejorative|racial slur A French person.
  • Canadian English|pejorative A French-speaking person from Quebec.
  • rail transport The part of a railway switch or turnout where the tracks cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse?s hoof).
  • The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.
  • 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.

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Verb:

  • To hunt or trap frogs.
  • To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.
  • To unravel a knitted garment.

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