frogger

plural froggers

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

present singular third person froggers · participle present froggering · participle past froggered · past froggered

1. slangTo 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

   2 more examples

   Out I plunge ...into the Ready Salted afternoon, froggering between the traffic to the promenade.

   2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, page 265

   He hit the accelerator and froggered into the fast lane, inciting a symphony of angry honking.

   2014, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Truth Be Told: A Jane Ryland Novel, →ISBN, page 268

plural froggers · alternative froger

1. InternetA 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)

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   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 else so similar it isn't immediatly^([sic]) obvious to a casual glance.

   2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet)