frosh.
A frog.
Meaning & usage
A frog.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.
A first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.
The frosh are really getting on my nerves!
Ellipsis of frosh week.
Where this word comes from
Blend of freshman + sophomore.
To initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.
This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.
To damage through incompetence.
Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.
Where this word comes from
Blend of freshman + sophomore.
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