frosh

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UK/ˈfɹɒʃ/UK[ˈfɹʷɒ̟ʃ]Australia/ˈfɹɔʃ/Australia[ˈfɹʷɔ̟ʃ]

noun

A frog.

“The frosh are really getting on my nerves!”

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underclassmannewbiefresherhaze
OriginMiddle English frossh ← Old English frosc ← Proto-Germanic *fruskaz →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

frosh1

nounfrosh (plural froshes)

plural froshes

  1. dialectalA frog.

    1565 (1593), Golding, Ovid's Met. xv. (1593) pg. 356

frosh2

nounfrosh (plural froshes or frosh)

plural froshes

  1. colloquialA first-year student, at certain universities, and a first-or-second-year student at other universities.

    The frosh are really getting on my nerves!

  2. abbreviationcolloquialellipsisEllipsis of frosh week.
verbfrosh (third-person singular simple present froshes, present participle froshing, simple past and past participle froshed)

present singular third person froshes · participle present froshing · participle past froshed · past froshed

  1. slangtransitiveTo initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

    This campus does not tolerate froshing in any form.

    Synonyms: haze

  2. slangtransitiveTo damage through incompetence.

    Trying to open my car door with a coat hanger, I froshed the mechanism.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo initiate academic freshmen, notably in a testing way.

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haze
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underclassmannewbiefresher
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fresherfreshiefreshmanjaffy

Origin

frosh · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*prew-“to jump, hop”
  2. Proto-Germanic*fruskaz“frog”
  3. Old Englishfrosc
  4. Middle Englishfrossh
  5. Englishfrosh

From Middle English frossh, frosch, from Old English frosc, from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“to jump, hop”). Cognate with West Frisian froask (“frog”), Dutch vors (“frog”), German Frosch (“frog”), Norwegian frosk (“frog”), Icelandic froskur (“frog”). Doublet of frosk; more at frog.

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frosh · noun, verb

Blend of freshman + sophomore.

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Translations

Dutch schacht, dopen
  • schachtfirst year student
  • dopento initiate academic freshmen
French bleu, bizuter
  • bleufirst year student
  • bizuterto initiate academic freshmen
  • baptiserto initiate academic freshmen
Polish student pierwszego roku, studentka pierwszego roku
  • student pierwszego rokufirst year student
  • studentka pierwszego rokufirst year student
  • inicjowaćto initiate academic freshmen
  • zainicjowaćto initiate academic freshmen
  • szkodzić przez niekompetencjęto damage through incompetence
  • zaszkodzić przez niekompetencjęto damage through incompetence

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with frosh

washjoshgoshmoustachecoshmoshboshawashcohoshswashquashdoshnoshgroszbriocheclocheguillochekiboshdownwashcloshgâchegaloshmusquashskosh
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Cite this entry
APA

frosh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosh

MLA

“frosh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosh. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frosh,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frosh.

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