[frɒɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping

- a French person

- the piece into which the hair is fitted at the lower end of the bow of a stringed instrument

- a perforated or spiked device for holding the stems of flowers in an arrangement


Phrases:
- have a frog in one's throat

Origin:
Old English frogga, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vors and German Frosch. Used as a general term of abuse in Middle English, the term was applied specifically to the Dutch in the mid 17th century, and then to the French; its application to the French is partly alliterative, partly from the reputation of the French for eating frogs' legs

[frɒɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ornamental coat fastener or braid consisting of a spindle-shaped button and a loop through which it passes


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: of unknown origin

[frɒɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an elastic horny pad growing in the sole of a horse's hoof, helping to absorb the shock when the hoof hits the ground


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: probably a specific use of frog

[frɒɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a grooved metal plate for guiding the wheels of a railway vehicle at an intersection


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps a use of frog on account of a supposed resemblance of the triangular metal plate to a frog