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frogger

frogger noun: the pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).

Noun (1)

frogger (plural froggers)

  1. The pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
  2. (colloquial) A person interested in frogs; a herpetologist who specialises in frogs; a frog enthusiast.

Verb

frogger (third-person singular simple present froggers, present participle froggering, simple past and past participle froggered)

  1. (slang) To dodge traffic while navigating across a busy road.
    • Gabrielle and I froggered it across the bustling avenue toward our group.2005, J. Brooks Dann, Anecdotal, →ISBN, page 30
    • Out I plunge ...into the Ready Salted afternoon, froggering between the traffic to the promenade.2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 265

Noun (2)

frogger (plural froggers)

  1. (Internet) A person who engages in froggery.
    • BTW, don't try to frogg me any more and stop using my .sig, OK? ¶ [Damn froggers, can't do anything right...]1997 June 18, Janice in NYC, quoting Thomas Gyoeroeg, “Re: I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet)
    • Some will allow exactly what Alternative Maxwell is doing ( like altopia) others will only allow froggery if it's obvious, i.e. the frogger can use the name maxwell but if the associated addie was Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.com, you couldn't use, for instance, Max...@i.am.a.dumb.fjuk.con or something...2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet)

Forms of frogger

Noun
pluralfroggers
alternative formfroger
Verb
third-person singular presentfroggers
present participlefroggering
past participlefroggered
pastfroggered

Origin of frogger

From frog + -er.

From Frogger, a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami, in which the player directs frogs across a busy road and other hazards.

From frogg + -er.

Phrases with frogger

Questions about frogger

What does frogger mean?
Frogger means the pronged plater used in frogging (transferring cells to another plate).
What part of speech is frogger?
Frogger can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of frogger?
The plural of frogger is froggers.

Words near frogger in the dictionary

  1. frogg
  2. Froggatt
  3. Froggatts
  4. frogge
  5. frogged
  6. frogger
  7. froggered
  8. froggeries
  9. froggering
  10. froggers
  11. froggery

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