Monkey vs. Frog

Monkeynoun

Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.

Monkeynoun

(informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes.

Monkeynoun

(informal) A mischievous child.

Monkeynoun

A dance move popular in the 1960s.

Monkeynoun

Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance

Monkeynoun

(blackjack) A face card.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.

Monkeynoun

The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Monkeynoun

(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

Monkeynoun

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

Monkeyverb

To meddle; to mess (with).

Monkeyverb

(transitive) To mimic; to ape.

Monkeynoun

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

Monkeynoun

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

Monkeynoun

The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Monkeynoun

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkeyverb

To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

Monkeynoun

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

Monkeynoun

one who is playfully mischievous

Monkeyverb

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

Monkeyverb

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;

Monkey

Monkey is a common name that may refer to certain groups or species of simian mammals of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

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.