frosh
[ frosh ]
/ frɒʃ /
noun, plural frosh. Informal.
a college or high-school freshman.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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First recorded in 1910–15; by alteration and shortening
Words nearby frosh
frontrunning, frontstall, frontward, frontwards, frore, frosh, frost, frost boil, frost flowers, frost grape, frost heave
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Example sentences from the Web for frosh
The latter, in a spirit of fun, several times sent a poor “frosh” up to the top floor when she should have remained on the first.
The Orchard Secret|Cleo Garis
British Dictionary definitions for frosh
frosh
/ (frɒʃ) /
noun
US and Canadian slang a freshman
Word Origin for frosh
C20: altered from freshman
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