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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

Premium subscriptions are just a click away if you’re feeling froggy, but we digress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

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

One of the few divisive aspects of the role was Bale’s froggy Bat-voice — perhaps the reason Affleck used a voice modulator.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2019

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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