hoptoad

[ hop-tohd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chiefly Northeastern U.S.

Origin of hoptoad¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; hop ¹ + toad

Then Uncle Wiggily looked down in the grass, and he saw a mamma hoptoad and a whole lot of her little toads hopping along.

Its horrid on the benches, and Im making friends with the nicest little brown hoptoad.

Has our gold mine failed, or has Professor Snodgrass discovered some new species of man-eating hoptoad?

One minute she was jumpin' along amongst them gravestones like a hoptoad with wings, and then—Zing!

They looked all around them for something to capture, but all that they saw was an old lady hoptoad, going home from market.

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