froggy

American

[frog-ee, fraw-gee] / ˈfrɒg i, ˈfrɔ gi /

adjective

froggier, froggiest

of or characteristic of a frog.
abounding in frogs.
marked by a slight hoarseness, resembling a frog's croak.

the old prospector's froggy voice.

froggy British

/ ˈfrɒɡɪ /

adjective

of, like, or relating to frogs; full of frogs

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Etymology

Origin of froggy

First recorded in 1605–15; frog ¹ + -y ¹

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froggy

Still, in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, news broke that Harris had become froggy roadkill.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2024

Owen’s torpor — his froggy, monotone way of talking, his incessant, suppressed discomfort — is draining.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024

When friends clacked at keyboards, examined patients, or taught middle schoolers math, I bicycled Arthur's froggy legs because humans aren't born knowing how to pass gas.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2022

Cyrus’s voice has always been a unique instrument: husky, a little froggy and — when a song calls for belting, like her great power ballad “Wrecking Ball” — surprisingly brawny.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020

She doesn’t need to tell me the news, it’s in her voice—the voice that has gone from froggy to hoarse to barely audible just in the course of the hour we’ve been up.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

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