Frock vs. Frog

Frocknoun

A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.

Frocknoun

An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.

Frocknoun

A sailor's jersey.

Frocknoun

An undress regimental coat.

Frocknoun

(dialectal) A frog.

Frockverb

To clothe in a frock.

Frockverb

To make a cleric.

Frocknoun

A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock.

Frocknoun

A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord.

Frockverb

To clothe in a frock.

Frockverb

To make a monk of. Cf. Unfrock.

Frocknoun

a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

Frockverb

put a frock on

Frock

Frock has been used since Middle English as the name for an article of clothing, typically coat-like, for men and women.

Frognoun

A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.

Frognoun

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.

Frognoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.

Frognoun

The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

Frognoun

An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

Frognoun

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

Frognoun

(offensive) A French person.

Frognoun

A French-speaking person from Quebec.

Frognoun

A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

Frognoun

An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

Frogverb

To hunt or trap frogs.

Frogverb

To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

Frogverb

To spatchcock (a chicken).

Frogverb

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Frogverb

(transitive) To unravel (a knitted garment).

Frognoun

An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

Frognoun

The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

Frognoun

A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

Frognoun

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

Frognoun

The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

Frogverb

To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.

Frognoun

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Frognoun

a person of French descent

Frognoun

a decorative loop of braid or cord

Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.